Mets 8, Phillies 3

If John Maine has proven anything, it's that he is very capable of beating the Phillies. He got his third win in August over the NL East's first loser on Monday. He pitched six and one-third innings, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks, striking out two.

The Mets' offense had a good day despite not hitting a home run as seven Mets had a hit and four of them had two. Jose Reyes had a triple and a single and Carlos Delgado had a double and a single. Paul Lo Duca and Endy Chavez singled twice. Carlos Beltran and Shawn Green added doubles as well. And David Wright had about the oddest single you'll ever see as it was ruled foul at first only for the call to be reversed resulting in the scoring of a run and the ejection of a manager.

Now the Mets (80-49), winners of nine of their last ten games, head out on the road for a six-game trip. The first stop will be the pitchers' paradise that is Colorado where they'll take on the Rockies, whom they swept at home last weekend. Steve Trachsel (13-5, 5.00) will face Byung-Hyun Kim (7-9, 5.18) in the series opener.  ¶ joe | 11:40 PM |