The roller coaster ride that is the 2008 MLB season continued Tuesday as the Phillies stormed back from a 7-0 deficit against the New York Mets to win 8-7 in the 13th inning off a walk-off single by Chris Coste to put them atop the National League East standings, again.

Despite being down 7-0 in the 4th inning, the worst outing by Jamie Moyer in three years, the Phillies showed exactly what they are capable of, despite largely underachieving all year. Tuesday night’s game also showed why the Mets have a very real chance of not making the playoffs this year, as their bullpen gave up the final three runs and blew yet another save opportunity.

Mets’ starter Pedro Martinez threw four strong innings, but visibly started to run out of gas in the fifth inning when he gave up two two-run home runs to Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard. Rollins went five for seven on the night and for the second game in a row was just one hit short of the cycle, this time missing the triple. On Monday’s game against the Dodgers, Rollins needed a home run to complete the elusive honor. The embattled shortstop has been on fire the past two games after getting only three hits in a little over 40 at bats since making his now famous comments about Philadelphia fans. In those two games he reminded us how very important he is to this team and to this offense. As goes J-Roll go the Phillies. He continues to be the spark and the catalyst for this potentially very potent offense.

The hero of the game, however, was backup catcher Chris Coste, who came into the game in the eighth inning and subsequently went 4-4. Coste has started to heat up again, with six RBIs on six hits in the past five games.

The Phillies are riding a wave of momentum and need to keep it going Wednesday against Mets’ ace Johan Santana and then into Chicago as they face the Cubs in a very tough five game stretch leading into next week. These next five days should show us the Phillies true colors and whether or not they are a serious playoff contender.