New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies Live Streaming
Saturday, August 7, 2010
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7:05 pm EDT Sat Aug 7, 2010
The Philadelphia Phillies used one big inning to beat the New York Mets in this series opener. Johan Santana knows all too well about the Phillies’ ability to put runs on the board in a hurry. Santana’s last visit to Philadelphia resulted in the worst start of his career, a performance the Mets ace can avenge Saturday night as he attempts to snap the red-hot Phillies’ 12-game home winning streak. Philadelphia won the final four games of its six-game road trip and returned home Friday night having won 11 straight at Citizens Bank Park. That streak was in jeopardy with New York up 2-1 in the eighth inning, but the Mets bullpen blew up from there. Seven straight hitters reached base to start the inning as Philadelphia rallied for a 7-5 victory, extending its longest home winning streak since a 16-game run at Veterans Stadium in 1991.
It’s been all or nothing for the NL champions against New York this season. Philadelphia didn’t score during a three-game series at Citi Field from May 25-27, but Friday marked its third straight home game against the Mets with at least six runs in one inning. Santana was on the mound for one of them. The Phillies scored nine times in the fourth inning in an 11-5 win May 2, chasing the two-time Cy Young Award winner after 3 2-3 innings as he was charged with a career-high 10 runs - including four homers. Santana’s career ERA against the Phillies, 2.90 coming in, rose to 4.11. After going 3-0 with a 0.71 ERA in his first five outings of July, Santana has been much less effective lately. He gave up seven runs over 5 2-3 innings in a 13-inning loss July 28 against St. Louis, then yielded four runs over seven innings in a 4-1 loss at Atlanta on Monday despite striking out a season-high 11.
