Del-gorgous! Mets slug it out and win 10-8, Phillies lose 10-8 - 2.5 games up!

Notes:

Oliver Perez Pitched poorly. He only pitched 3.1 innings, gave up 8 hits, 7 runs, walked 2, and struck out 3.

Carlos Delgado in his quest for NL MVP, hit 2 more HR's and drove in 3 runs...He was 3 for 3..

Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church contributed with HR's............

Luis Ayala locked the win down with his 6th save..........
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Line Score:

SHEA STADIUM FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NATIONALS 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0
METS 0 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 x R H E 8 12 1 10 14 1
Scoring Scoring:
Bot 2nd 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 error Washington 0, New York 2 Easley doubled to left, Delgado scored, Tatis scored. Top 3rd 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 error Washington 2, New York 2 Hernandez singled to center. C.Guzman homered to left on the first pitch, Hernandez scored. Bot 3rd 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 error Washington 2, New York 5 Church homered to right on a 2-0 count. Wright was out advancing, right fielder Dukes to second baseman Hernandez to catcher Nieves, Wright out. Delgado homered to center on a 1-1 count, Beltran scored. Top 4th 5 runs, 6 hits, 1 error Washington 7, New York 5 Alb.Gonzalez pinch-hitting for Lannan. Alb.Gonzalez singled to left, Boone scored, Nieves to second. Hernandez singled to center, Nieves scored, Alb.Gonzalez scored. Figueroa pitching. Zimmerman singled to center, Hernandez scored, C.Guzman to third. Milledge singled to center, C.Guzman scored, Zimmerman to second. Bot 4th 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error Washington 7, New York 7 Mock pitching. Church grounded out, second baseman Hernandez to first baseman Boone, Schneider scored, J.Reyes to third. Wright singled to left, J.Reyes scored. Top 5th 1 run, 1 hit, 0 error Washington 8, New York 7 Hernandez grounded out, second baseman Easley to first baseman Delgado, Harris scored, Orr to second. Bot 6th 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 error Washington 8, New York 10 Manning pitching. Beltran homered to center on a 2-0 count, Church scored. Delgado homered to right on a 1-0 count.
Box Score:
NEW YORK (81-63) AB R H RBI BB K LOB SEASON AVG. ReyesSS 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .300 ChurchRF 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 .298 Wright3B 4 0 2 1 1 1 2 .291 BeltranCF 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 .278 Delgado1B 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 .266 TatisLF 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .284 ChavezLF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Easley2B 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 .272 SchneiderC 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .258 PerezP 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .102 FigueroaP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 ReyesPH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .245 KnightP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 AndersonPH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .217 SmithP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 SchoeneweisP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 MurphyPH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 StokesP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 AyalaP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 10 14 10 5 6 14 DOUBLES Beltran (36), Tatis (13), Easley (10) HOME RUNS Church (12, inning 3, 1 out, 0 on off Lannan), Beltran (23, inning 6, 1 out, 1 on off Manning), Delgado 2 (35, inning 3, 2 out, 1 on off Lannan inning 6, 1 out, 0 on off Manning) RUNS BATTED IN Church 2 (45), Wright (106), Beltran 2 (100), Delgado 3 (103), Easley 2 (42) 2-OUT RBI Wright , Delgado 2 LEFT ON BASE 6 CAUGHT STEALING Church (2) DOUBLE PLAYS (Jos.Reyes to Easley to Delgado) ERRORS Tatis (4) NEW YORK PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR SEASON ERA Perez 3.1 8 7 7 2 3 1 4.15 Figueroa 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4.57 Knight 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.43 Smith(W, 4-3) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.67 Schoeneweis(H, 13) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.92 Stokes(H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.25 Ayala(SV, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.24 INTENTIONAL WALKS Delgado (by Mock) PITCHES / STRIKES Perez 73-47, Figueroa 16-7, Knight 24-12, Smith 27-16, Schoeneweis 6-3, Stokes 12-8, Ayala 13-10 GROUND / FLY Perez 6-8, Figueroa 2-0, Knight 2-1, Smith 3-0, Schoeneweis 0-0, Stokes 1-1, Ayala 1-1 TOTAL BATTERS FACED Perez 20, Figueroa 4, Knight 5, Smith 6, Schoeneweis 1, Stokes 3, Ayala 3 GAME DETAILS TIME 3:16 ATTENDANCE 50,382 UMPIRES HP - Barksdale, 1B - Eddings, 2B - DeMuth, 3B - Hoye