Phils win strange one in NY 9-7, Bruntlett ends 9th inning himself

Driving home from the shore on Sunday I was fortunate enough to listen to the first few innings of the game on the radio. It's always nice to hear the Phils hit two 3 run homers in the 1st and have Oliver Perez not even finish the inning. Pedro came out and did a decent job although he allowed 4 runs on 7 hits in 6 innings of work. Citi Field you heard some cheers and some boos as Pedro returned to face his former team but most of the cheers were from the thousands of Phillies fans that showed up in New York to support the defending champs. Pedro was a little shaky the first 3 innings but the final 3 innings he pitched he shut down the Mets to hold the Phils lead at 8-4. Jayson Werth continues to swing the bat as he belted his 29th homer of the season. The Mets tried to slowly creep back into the game in the 9th with the score 9-6 and Brad Lidge entering the game. Lidge didn't pitch bad but an error by Howard, then an error by Bruntlett(possibly 2 errors by Easy E) they had men on base and scored a run making it 9-7. With runners on 1st and 2nd and nobody out, up stepped Jeff Francoeur and on a 2-2 count the runners took off for a double steal. Francoeur hit a line drive up the middle that looked like a single and possible game tying hit. Bruntlett was in the perfect spot to snare the line drive, step on 2nd base and tag a back peddling Daniel Murphy for the unassisted triple play to end the game. It was only the 2nd one in MLB history to end the game and only the 15th in MLB history. The crowd, players, and announcers were all stunned at what just occurred and it happened so quickly. Bruntlett got a Sunday start to give All-Star 2nd baseman Chase Utley some rest and also got 3 hits on the day to raise his average to a stunning .154. Triple Play or not, please cut him. He stinks. With the win the Phils moved to 21 games over .500 with a 71-50 record. They now hold a 6.5 game lead over the Braves and 7.5 over the Marlins in the NL East. Tonight the General Cliff Lee(4-0) looks to end the series against Bobby Parnell(3-5) at Citi Field.