The New York Mets sweep the Philadelphia Phillies with a 4-3 victory

The New York Mets sweep the Philadelphia Phillies with 4-3 victory


The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon. The final score was 4-3 and the game took place at Citizens Bank Park. Carlos Torres started and pitched well and the bullpen was pretty good. Eric Young Jr. Anthony Recker and Tovar each had two hits.

Torres pitched six innings giving up seven hits and two runs. He walked three and struck out six. Torres won his fourth game of the season. Scott Atchison pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Vic Black pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two. Hawkins saved his 12th game of the season.

Eric Young Jr. had two hits, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Daniel Murphy had a hit. Andrew Brown had an RBI, Lucas Duda drew a walk and Juan Lagares had three hits and an RBI. Anthony Recker had two hits, Wilfredo Tovar had two hits and an RBI and Flores, Young, Recker and Lagares each hit a double. The Mets were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Tovar had a stolen base.

Cliff Lee pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and three runs with two earned. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight. B.J. Rosenberg pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Jonathan Papelbon pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

Cesar Hernandez had a hit, Jimmy Rollins had a hit and drew a walk and Chase Utley had two hits. Carlos Ruiz had a hit, Dominic Brown had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Darin Ruf had an RBI and drew a walk. Kevin Frandsen had two hits and an RBI, Lee had a hit and Frandsen and Rollins each hit a double. The Phillies were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Brown committed an error.

Frandsen hit an RBI double in the second giving the Phillies a 1-0 lead. Brown hit an RBI groundout to tie the game at one in the fourth. Brown hit an RBI single in the sixth giving the Phillies a 2-1 lead. Tovar hit a two run single in the seventh giving the Mets a 3-2 lead. Lagares hit an RBI double in the eighth to make it 4-2 Mets. Ruf popped out and a run scored on the tag up in the eighth. The final score was 4-3 Mets and they swept the three game series. The Mets record improved to 71-84 and the Phillies fell to 71-84. The Mets will head to Cincinnatti to begin a three game series on Monday night.