Good God, even as a Mets fan that third inning, an inning in which the Mets scored six runs, was a bit painful to watch. Not that the amazing ineptness in which the Phillies exhibited early on could ease any of the pain from last season's choke-job, but it helped a bit tonight.
Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick walked six Mets in the first two inning, allowed no hits, yet found himself trailing 1-0 thanks to the first of four Phillie errors. The Phillies scratched out the tying run in the top of the second on a series of singles, but Mets starter Mike Pelfrey got out of a jam by inducing a couple of ground balls to end the inning.
The Mets got their six runs in the bottom of the third on four hits, three errors, and a wild pitch (their was another walk, but no runs scored because of that one). Two of the Phillies errors were on substitute shortstop Eric Bruntlett, filling in as Jimmy Rollins was injured. Bruntlett booted two balls that could easily have been double plays, and those errors led to the last four Mets runs of the inning, the first Phillie error of the inning was on catcher Carlos Ruiz, who made a throwing error to third base to load them up when the score was just 2-1 Mets with one out.
The Mets got that second run by opening the inning with three consecutive hits, but then the wheels really fell off, and with Rollins out and Ryan Howard still struggling at the plate, the game was over for all intents and purposes.
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