Red Sox/Yankees, Mariners/Angels Overrated...Phillies/Mets real race!!
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by Donnie35
Forget about the 5 plus lead the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels have over there fellow second place teams. The Philadelphia Phillies have just swept the New York Mets and are now a mere 2 games back heading into September. The game today was incredible. The Phillies took a 5 nothing lead into the 4th inning by 3 homeruns from Ryan Howard, Pat Burrell, and Aaron Rowand. The Mets respnded by scoring 5 themselves but in the bottom of the 6th the Phils scored 3 runs with 2 outs.
The game is now 8-5 going into the top of the 8th were Antonio Alfonseca relives J.C. Romero after he got an out and walked a batter. The Mets ended up batting around plus one on their way to scoring 5 runs. It is 10-8 going into the bottom of the 8th when the Mets bring in Billy Wagner for a 2 inning save. He gets Utley out but then serves up another homerun to Pat Burrell (his second of the game) he threw 21 pitches or so but only surrendered one run. It is now 10-9 with Tom Gordon coming in a shutting the door by setting them down in order.
Finally, it is the bottom of the 9th with Jayson Werth leading off. He hits a bloop single in left field, then Carlos Ruiz flies out to deep center, then Werth stole second and third and Iguchi singled to left scoring Werth with 2 strikes. Tadahito Iguchi then steals second so they intentionally walk Jimmy Rollins to bring up Chase. Chase on a two strike count singles to right scoring Iguchi on a close play at the plate. The Phils win 11-10 in another dramatic finish for the 3rd straight game. As I am now watching sportscenter of course they have the Yanks/Sox game to start the show. The Phillies are 2 back of the Mets and yet they think the Yanks/Sox, Mariners/Angels are the biggest races in the league. What bull!
