Philles and Mets tonight wahooooo!!!!! :tongue:
Philadelphia (23-20) at
NY Mets (26-17)
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Game Info: 7:10 pm EDT Tue May 23, 2006
TV: CSN, SNY
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G. Floyd
Phi vs.
S. Trachsel
NYM 4-2Record2-45.71ERA4.3322K2523BB178HR3
By JUSTIN EINHORN, STATS Senior Editor
The
New York Mets came away with a big series win over the weekend. This series may be bigger.
At least that's the way the
Philadelphia Phillies see it.
The first-place Mets face their closest pursuers in the NL East for the second time in two weeks when they begin a three-game set against the Phillies on Tuesday at Shea Stadium.
"Anytime you play (the Mets), it's going to be big," said Phillies slugger
Ryan Howard, who has homered in the last two games to increase his May totals to nine home runs and 22 RBIs in 18 games.
It's early, but at the same time, you want to treat it as every game."
While the Phillies are trying to show they are more like the team that won 13 of 14 and not the one that more recently lost five in a row, the Mets have controlled the division throughout the season after starting 8-1.
New York even got the better of its usually superior crosstown rival this weekend, winning two of three games -- all decided by one run --against the Yankees.
"Right now, they're definitely the team to beat," Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said of the Mets, who have a three-game lead on the second-place Phillies. When New York visited Citizens Bank Park from May 9-11, Philadelphia won two of three games. The Mets' 13-4 victory in the middle game of that series was the Phillies' only loss during a 14-game stretch that pulled them within one game of New York. Philadelphia, though, went on to lose five straight before salvaging the finale of a three-game series against Boston with a 10-5 win on Sunday.