Tom Glavine overcame a rocky start, mostly in his first two appearances with Jimmy Rollins, who homered twice to account for all of the Phillies' runs, to shut down the Mets division rivals 5-3 and win the first season series 2 games to 1.
Glavine also walked three batters in the first inning but had some defensive help to allow any other runs to score. Glavine pitched six innings en route to his 292nd career victory, but the rest of the Phillies lineup could manage only six hits between them, and compounded their effort to get back in the game by hitting into three double plays.
Rollins started the game off with a lead off home run on the fifth pitch, and then followed that with a two-run blast in the second as the visitors took a 3-1 lead; the Mets had scored a run in the bottom of the first with a Carlos Beltran single, scoring Jose Reyes.
Glavine helped himself with a key bunt in the second, which lead to a throwing error by Phillie third basemen Wes Helms and allowed the tying run to score, and then followed that up with another great bunt that moved the runners ahead in the fourth.
Triples have been described as perhaps the most exciting play in baseball, and it was a lovely sight to have seen David Wright hit a ball into deep right field and slide into third base with one in the seventh inning. He would score on a Moises Alou single, providing a needed insurance run what with the shaky save situation that closer Billy Wagner created in the ninth.
All in all, a nice victory, the rough start aside, with some timely hitting and defense once again helping the Mets to a victory.
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