Game 3 of Mets-Phillies Series Ends Amid Controversy
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by JMFlyer1454
Unfortunately I don't live in an area that gets the game and can only watch updates via CBS Sports or ESPN GameCasts, which are ridiculously slow. The Philadelphia Phillies won the game 3-2. Jamie Moyer gets the win and Oliver Perez the loss, with Brett Myers earning his 13th save. The controversy was on the final play of the game when Shawn Green pinch hit for RP Jorge Sosa with 1 out. Endy Chavez was on 3rd and Marlon Anderson was at 1st. Green hit a soft grounder to Jimmy Rollins who fielded it and threw to Tadahito Iguchi at 2nd to get Anderson. From what I'm hearing there was little (possibly no) chance that they could have gotten Green at 1st so Chavez would have scored to tie the game. HOWEVER, Marlon Anderson slid into Iguchi and was called for interference, hence a double play...game over; Phillies win.
Was anyone watching the game that has an unbiased opinion on what happened? Was it interference? Or should we still be in the bottom of the 9th?
Regardless, the game is over and the Phillies have taken 3 straight from the Mets and cut their NL East lead to 3 games. The 4th and final game of the series is tomorrow at 1:05pm. Orlando Hernandez (9-4, 3.07) opposes Kyle Lohse (7-12, 4.47) as the Phillies look to sweep.
