Cliff Lee, Ryan Howard dominate Mets
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After allowing just two unearned runs over seven innings against the New York Mets Monday, Cliff Lee’s ERA with the Phillies is a stunning 0.68.
Lee got into some trouble in the first inning, showing signs that he was perhaps human afterall. Angel Pagan led the inning off by reaching first on a fielding error by Chase Utley, and then scored when Utley threw the ball away. No outs, one unearned run. After getting Luis Castillo to flie out to center, Lee gave up a triple to Gary Sheffield. He would score on a sacrifice fly by Fernando Tatis.
That would be all the runs the Mets could muster. Lee allowed a total of six hits, but struck out five and walked none. He looked in control for the rest of the game, with a strike-to-ball ratio of almost 3:1.
Ryan Howard, on the other hand, had little problem generating runs throughout the game. With Shane Victorino on third and Utley on second, Howard sent a shot over the left field wall for his 33rd homerun of the season. He followed that up with a two-run shot to right field his next at bat. Howard would end the day 2-5 with five RBIs.
The win puts the Phillies 22 games over .500, and seven games up on the second place Atlanta Braves, who are off Monday. They have won nine of their last ten games and are starting to put some considerable distance between them and the rest of the division.
