Much better played game than the poor showing that what happened on Wednesday, the Mets edged the Phillies 4-3 in the 12th inning as Angel Pagan drove in Jose Reyes from second on a ground single to shallow center field.
There was controversy on that play, as Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth quickly got the ball to home plate, where catcher Chris Coste was waiting, the plate blocked with his left leg. Reyes slid past Coste's leg and reached out to touch the plate with his hand, either a split second before or after the catcher had applied the tag, depending on which team you were rooting for. Since umpire Ted Barrett was right there, I'll go with his call on this one.
Only the Mets Aaron Heilman had what could be called a rough outing, giving up two runs in the eighth inning which allowed the Phillies to tie the score at 3, but the rest of the staffs did reasonably well indeed, though Mets starter John Maine did give up five walks in his six innings.
The new outfield additions to the Mets were largely responsible for the offensive output tonight, in addition to the game winning RBI by Pagan, right fielder Ryan Church opened the score book with a two run single in the fourth. Carlos Beltran got the other RBI in the sixth by driving in Pagan.
The Phillies got two solo home runs, one from Pedro Feliz and one from Ryan Howard, as well as the tying run in the eighth that came via a walk, a single, and a fielder's choice.
The Milwaukee Brewers are next for the Mets starting tomorrow, so Let's Go Mets!
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