Jul 6, 2008 9:56 pm US/Eastern
Mets Need Extra Innings To Beat The Phillies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―
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Fernando Tatis hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning, lifting the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday in a game that ended more than seven hours after it started.
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Fernando Tatis hit a two-run homer in the 12th
inning, lifting the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia
Phillies on Sunday in a game that ended more than seven hours after it started.
Jayson Werth hit a
two-run shot off Billy Wagner with two outs in the ninth to send the game into
extra innings after it was delayed 2 hours, 50 minutes because of heavy rain in
the bottom of the eighth.
But the Mets avoided
another devastating loss in a season filled with them when Tatis connected off
Chad Durbin (2-2) with one out in the 12th for his second homer of
the season.
Joe Smith (1-1) pitched 2 1-3
scoreless innings to earn the win.
The Mets have won two in a row
in a big series against the NL East-leading Phillies. They trail Philadelphia by 3 ½ games
with a chance to move closer in the finale Monday night.
The Mets were one
strike away from winning when Werth drove a 1-2 pitch from Wagner into the
left-center field seats to tie it at 2. Wagner, named to the All-Star team for
the sixth time in his career earlier in the day, has six blown saves in 25
chances.
Mets starter Oliver
Perez allowed four hits, struck out six and walked two in seven innings.
Trailing 1-0, the
Phillies had two runners on with one out and Ryan Howard at the plate against
Pedro Feliciano when rain came. By the time it resumed, only a fraction of the
sellout crowd remained and most of the Mets fans were gone.
After the long delay, Feliciano fanned Howard on three
pitches.
Aaron Heilman replaced
Feliciano and walked Pat Burrell to load the bases. But he retired Pedro Feliz
on a bouncer to the mound to end the inning.
Phillies starter Kyle
Kendrick allowed one run and eight hits in six innings.
Carlos Beltran lined a
3-2 pitch off Kendrick into the right-field seats in the third to give the Mets
a 1-0 lead. Beltran was in a 2-for-21 slump before he connected for his 13th
homer.
Beltran's two-out RBI
single off Brad Lidge in the ninth gave the Mets a 2-0 lead that Wagner couldn't
protect.
Both starters threw a
lot of pitches and worked out of trouble much of the game. The Phillies had
runners on second and third with one out in the first, but Howard struck out
and Burrell fouled out.
Mets right fielder Endy
Chavez made a sensational, leaping catch sprinting toward the right-field
corner to rob Carlos Ruiz of extra bases and save a run in the second. An
appreciative Perez walked off the mound, pointed to Chavez and tipped his cap.
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