Phillies 8, Mets 4: Too Many Walks

Jon Niese labored through five-plus innings against the Phillies, allowing 4 runs while struggling to hit the strike zone. He struck out 7, but 3 of the 5 batters he walked can around to score. Thanks to a pair of two-run home runs by Vinny Rottino and Scott Hairston, however, the game was tied by the end of the sixth. Bobby Parnell allowed a run in a long seventh inning, and the Mets weren't able to answer, and Manny Acosta gave up a three-run bomb in the ninth to really put the game out of reach.

We knew it was over when...

Acosta entered with the Mets down a run in the 9th. He has been atrocious this year.

What else?

Justin Turner left the game after suffering a gruesome ankle injury on an inning-ending pickle in the third, and David Wright played short for the remainder of the game. The Mets will need someone to come up to play short tomorrow.

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