By Justin Worsley,
John Mayberry Jr. hit a solo home run that sparked a seventh inning rally as Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets 2-1.
Halladay (4-1) allowed one run off of seven hits and struck out eight batters while only walking one.
New York (11-16) took an early lead when Halladay allowed three straight singles in the fourth innings. Carlos Beltran made a clean hit to shallow center field that allowed Daniel Murphy to score.
Jonathon Niese (1-4) escaped several jams early, but gave up a leadoff homer to Mayberry in the seventh that tied the game. Placido Polanco hit the go-ahead sacrifice fly to put the Phillies (18-8) in the lead for good.
Halladay walked David Wright to start the ninth inning, but then shut down the reaming three batters. Ike Davis grounded out to end the game.
Mayberry, who started in place for an ineffective Raul Ibanez, went 2-for-4 in the game. His homer was his first of the season.
Jason Bay, Davis and Josh Thole, the Mets 5-6-7 hitters, combined to go 0-for-11 with four strikeouts in the game.
The Mets will attempt to salvage the series tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Cliff Lee (2-2, 4.18 ERA) will take the mound for Philadelphia against Chris Young (1-0, 2.65) Young's only win this season was on on April 5 against the Phillies.
GAME NOTES: Phillies general manager Ruber Amaro Jr. told reporters that he expects to hear from Roy Oswalt on Saturday to see when he will return to the team. Carlos Ruiz sat out of Saturday's game with tightness in his lower back, but has not been placed on the disabled list. Dane Sardinha started in Ruiz's place.
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