Phillies sweep double header over Mets and win series 3-1

Written by Mike Mariano | 14 September 2009

The disaster season for Mets continues and this time at the hands of the Phillies.  The Mets did sneak out a win with a Ryan Madson blown save, but the next day a double header sweep knocked them back down again.  The final game had to really hurt for Mets fans.  Pedro went 8 innings of shut-out baseball and was dominant for the Phillies after being nearly useless for almost three years as a Met.  Ouch.  Also Madson shut it down to get another save.  The closer job is still a mess, but a save is a save.  In the first game of Sunday's double, the Mets almost scratched another win off a blown save, but Brad Lidge shut the door after almost letting the Mets tie the game.  He got a save, but it was a weak one at best.  Lidge is on the bend, don't break plan right now and in that game he couldn't have come much closer to breaking and blowing it.  A pleasant surprise at the least.

The Mets pitching wasn't horrible in this series (with the exception of game 3, but Jamie Moyer kept them in it), but the offense routinely just wasn't enough.  There were some good things for the Mets like Josh Thole's 4-4 in game 3 and this point in the season that's all the Mets should be looking for.  Slow progress.  Young guys growing and getting better and guys playing hard.  The playoffs are long gone and half these guys won't be playing next year anyway.