The Mets lose 8-4 to the Phillies in a holiday matinee game

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 8-4 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing,New York. Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched ok but not great. The Mets offense managed seven hits but not one batter had more then one. The bullpen used five pitchers and two of them had rough outings. Cole Hamels pitched pretty well for the Phillies. Ty Wigginton led the Phillies offense. 
Niese pitched five innings giving up two hits and four runs with five walks and seven strikeouts. Ramon Ramirez pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Bobby Parnell took the loss pitching an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Jon Rauch pitched an inning giving up a hit. Manny Acosta pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and three runs with a strikeout and Jack Egbert pitched 2/3 of an inning retiring both batters. Hamels got his eighth win of the season pitching eight innings and giving up seven hits and four runs with a walk and six strikeouts. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Justin Turner had a hit, Kurt Nieuwenhuis had a hit and Daniel Murphy had a hit. Scott Hairston had a hit and two RBI, Lucas Duda drew a walk and Vinny Rottino had a hit and two RBI. Rob Johnson and Andres Torres had a hit. Torres had a double, Rottino and Hairston each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and they left two men on base. Murphy and Wright each committed an error.

Jimmy Rollins had a hit, Placido Polanco had a hit and Hunter Pence had a hit and drew two walks. Shane Victorino drew a walk, Wigginton had three hits, six RBI and drew two walks and John Mayberry had two hits and two RBI. Brian Schneider drew a walk and Hamels had a hit. Wigginton had a double and a homerun and Mayberry also hit a homerun. The Phillies were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and they left nine men on base. Pence had an outfield assist.

In the third Wigginton hit a two run double to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead. In the fifth Rottino hit a two run homerun to tie the game at two. Mayberry hit a two run homerun in the sixth to give the Phillies a 4-2 lead. Hairston hit a two run homerun in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at four. Wigginton hit an RBI single in the seventh to make it 5-4 Phillies. Wigginton hit a three run homerun in the ninth to make it 8-4 and that would be the final score.

The Mets saw their record drop to 27-22. The Phillies improved their record to 26-24. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night.