Mets win against Phils

On there first meet,(1 of 19) the mets take one, so far.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Mets had been their own worst enemies in at least a half-dozen of the 21 games they had played through Thursday. So what did they do to avoid another such episode? They came to the home of their own best enemy Friday night. And, seemingly motivated by the presence of the Phillies in the other dugout, they played with energy, purpose and resolve. And they won, too.

They scored in the first three innings, taking a five-run lead against Chan Ho Park, resisted when the Phillies flexed their resilience and beat the team that has denied them the past two seasons. They scored a 7-4 victory that included few of the foibles that had led them to a 9-12 record and a fourth-place standing in the National League East.

The victory, the fourth in 10 road games, was fueled by a two-run home run by Daniel Murphy in the first inning, three sacrifice flies, a run-scoring single by David Wright and -- drum roll, please -- an honest-to-goodness hit by winning pitcher Mike Pelfrey.

Not only did Pelfrey gain his third victory and remain unbeaten, he provided a long sacrifice fly in the second inning that momentarily appeared to have home run potential. Not to be outperformed, veteran reliever Pedro Feliciano, who replaced Pelfrey in the sixth inning, batted for the eighth time in his career and drew a walk -- on four pitches, no less.

As surprising as those developments were, the outcome was not. The Mets have won 11 of 18 games against the Phillies since last season. And they have played with zeal, comparable to what they demonstrated Friday night, in most of them.

Pelfrey (3-0) allowed three runs, all in the third inning, in 5 1/3 innings, surrendering seven hits and four walks. He struck out no one. Feliciano allowed one run, a home run by Chase Utley, in 1 2/3 innings. J.J. Putz and Francisco Rodriguez pitched the eighth and ninth innings, with K-Rod earning his fifth save.

Pelfrey, Jose Reyes and Omir Santos provided the sacrifice flies, Carlos Beltran scoring -- he slid -- on Santos'. Beltran had a double to extend his hitting streak to 13 games.

Hit and runs takes pressure off the hitters cause all they have to do is pull the ball the other way!