Last night's game in New York was pretty much a slog. It started in rain, with water pooled on the infield and the field looking like a mess. The Phillies got on the board first with a manufactured run (single by Rollins, who stole 2nd, then 3rd, then was knocked in) in the 3rd but the Mets answered immediately with a lead-off solo homer by Jose Reyes in the bottom of the frame. That was, however, the only hit the Mets would get the rest of the way, except for a phantom single by Luis Castillo. The Phillis meanwhile put together another run in the 5th, and a third one in the 6th.
Kendrick went 6.2 innings. Chad Durbin finished off the 7th, Madson pitched the 8th, and Lidge, who is 16 for 16 vs. the Mets, threw an easy ninth. Rain was still falling at game end. The Phillies are now a fraction ahead of the Giants in the wild card standings, for what that is worth on this day in August. It does, however, add a bit more to the series starting Tuesday with those same Giants.
