In his 5th start since being traded to the Phillies Cliff Lee is 5-0 with a mind boggling era of 0.67. Yesterday he took the mound and let up 2 UNearned runs while pitching 7 innings, striking out 5 and not walking anyone. It was a sunny day at Citi Field which made for some unusual errors by both Mets & Phillies players but the Phils all star first baseman wasn't bothered at the plate going deep twice. The first homer by Howard was a 3 run shot to the opposite field, while his 2nd home run of the day was a upper deck bomb to right to knock in 2 more. Howard finished the day going 2 for 5 with 2 homers, and 5 rbi's to lift the first place Phils over the Mets 6-2. The Phillies now hold a 7 game lead in the NL East over the Braves. Now they cross over the western side of Pennsylvania to face the Pirates in a 3 game series. Joe Blanton(8-6) takes the mound for the Phils against Ross Ohlendorf(11-8) tonight at 7:05.
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