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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Mets

2009-08-24 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 39336 · 78°F, cloudy · Wind 4 mph L to R · 3:05

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Mets 6–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 1st. Cliff Lee earned the win. Ryan Howard went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	7
NYN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Cliff Lee L: Bobby Parnell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rick Reed · 1B: Rob Drake · 2B: Tim Timmons · 3B: Mark Wegner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shane Victorino	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jayson Werth	2	1	0	0	3	1
Chase Utley	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ryan Howard	5	2	2	5	0	2
Raul Ibanez	5	0	2	1	0	1
Pedro Feliz	4	0	0	0	1	0
Eric Bruntlett	4	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Bako	4	0	0	0	1	1
Cliff Lee	3	0	0	0	0	3
Ben Francisco	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Rollins	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Angel Pagan	4	1	1	0	1
Luis Castillo	4	0	0	0	1
Gary Sheffield	4	1	2	0	0
Fernando Tatis	3	0	0	1	1
Daniel Murphy	4	0	1	0	1
Omir Santos	3	0	0	0	1
Cory Sullivan	3	0	1	0	0
Anderson Hernandez	3	0	1	0	1
Bobby Parnell	1	0	0	0	0
Wilson Valdez	1	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Reed	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Cliff Lee	7.0	6	5
Chan Ho Park	1.0	0	1
Brad Lidge	1.0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Parnell	5.0	4	3	3
Ken Takahashi	1.1	1	2	2
Elmer Dessens	0.2	0	0	0
Billy Wagner	1.0	0	1	2
Pedro Feliciano	0.1	2	0	1
Brian Stokes	0.2	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Shane Victorino: HP
Jayson Werth: 3/P3F
Chase Utley: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Chase Utley: W
Ryan Howard: HR/F78D+.3-H;1-H
Raul Ibanez: K
Pedro Feliz: 53/G56

Bot 1

Angel Pagan: E4/F34D-.B-H(E4/TH2)(UR)(NR)
Luis Castillo: 8/F8LXD
Gary Sheffield: T9/F9LM
Fernando Tatis: 9/SF/F89XD+.3-H(UR)
Daniel Murphy: 43/G4

Top 2

Eric Bruntlett: 6/F78S-
Paul Bako: E7/F7LD.B-2
Cliff Lee: K
Shane Victorino: 13/G13

Bot 2

Omir Santos: K
Cory Sullivan: 43/G4-
Anderson Hernandez: D7/G5F+
Bobby Parnell: 43/G4M-

Top 3

Jayson Werth: W
Chase Utley: 9/F89M
Ryan Howard: HR/F9D+.1-H
Raul Ibanez: 43/G4
Pedro Feliz: E5/TH1/G56+
Eric Bruntlett: S7.1-2
Paul Bako: 31/G34

Bot 3

Angel Pagan: S7/L7S
Luis Castillo: POCS2(136)
Luis Castillo: 63/G6
Gary Sheffield: 63/G6S

Top 4

Cliff Lee: K
Shane Victorino: 31/G34
Jayson Werth: W
Chase Utley: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 4

Fernando Tatis: K
Daniel Murphy: K
Omir Santos: 63/G6

Top 5

Ryan Howard: 4/L34D+
Raul Ibanez: S8/L6MD+
Pedro Feliz: 2/F23F-
Eric Bruntlett: 13/G-

Bot 5

Cory Sullivan: S9/G34+
Anderson Hernandez: 4/LDP/L4.1X1(43)
Wilson Valdez: 53/G56

Top 6

Paul Bako: W
Cliff Lee: K/BF
Shane Victorino: S7/G56+.1-2
Jayson Werth: W.2-3;1-2
Chase Utley: 5/F5F-
Ryan Howard: K

Bot 6

Angel Pagan: 53/G5
Luis Castillo: K
Gary Sheffield: S9/L9S
Fernando Tatis: WP.1-2
Fernando Tatis: 9/F9LD

Top 7

Raul Ibanez: 8/F8LXD+
Pedro Feliz: 4/F89S-
Eric Bruntlett: 63/G6

Bot 7

Daniel Murphy: D8/F8LXD+
Omir Santos: 1/P
Cory Sullivan: 7/F78D
Anderson Hernandez: K

Top 8

Paul Bako: 9/F89M
Ben Francisco: K
Shane Victorino: W
Jayson Werth: SB2
Jayson Werth: K

Bot 8

Jeremy Reed: 43/G4S-
Angel Pagan: K
Luis Castillo: 63/G6S-

Top 9

Chase Utley: D7/F7LD+
Ryan Howard: K
Raul Ibanez: D7/F7LD+.2-H
Pedro Feliz: W
Jimmy Rollins: 8/F89XD+.2-3
Paul Bako: K

Bot 9

Gary Sheffield: 4/F4-
Fernando Tatis: 63/G56
Daniel Murphy: 5/F5-

Notes & reviews

Phillies second baseman Chase Utley dropped an easy popup on the grass in short right field and then threw the ball past SS Eric Bruntlett; the ball ended up down the LF line in foul territory and the Phillies had no chance to get Angel Pagan

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