PHILADELPHIA — Words you never would have imagined hearing this season: The Mets are taking their talents to South Beach.
After not flinching against the likes of Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee over the last three days, LeBron James — or at least Jose Reyes — should take cover, because the Mets are headed to Miami with a purpose this weekend.
The Phillies were bagged and tossed in a Broad Street dumpster last night as the Mets completed their first three-game sweep at Citizens Bank Park in six years with a 10-6 muzzling of Charlie’s Chihuahuas.
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LONG-TIME COMING: Slumping Ike Davis blasts a three-run home run in the eighth inning of the Mets’ 10-6 victory over the Phillies last night in Philadelphia.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel only could watch in frustration as the Mets tormented his bullpen for eight runs over the last three innings. Included was Ike Davis’ three-run homer in the eighth against Jose Contreras, helping the Mets establish a season high in runs scored and secure their 11th comeback victory of 2012.
“Every time we come in here they beat our butts and it [stinks],” Davis said. “It’s just real nice to be able to sweep them at their own place.”
At this rate, the Mets (18-13) probably only need to place two or three more players on the disabled list to reach first place in the NL East. Last night’s starting lineup included Vinny Rottino, Justin Turner and Rob Johnson, but that didn’t stop the Mets from moving five games above .500 for the first time since July 19, 2010.
“The way we’ve gotten to where we are right now is there have been so many different [players] who have come through,” manager Terry Collins said. “We’ve got to do it with 25 guys.”
The Mets, who won their fifth straight, hadn’t swept a three-game series here since June 13-15 of 2006 — a year before the Phillies began their run of five consecutive division titles.
“You go through Halladay and [Joe] Blanton and Lee, that’s impressive,” David Wright said. “Although we didn’t necessarily get to those guys very much, we were able to get them out of the game and score in the late innings. That’s a big credit to us and really sticking with our game plan.”
The Mets battered reliever Kyle Kendrick in the seventh, scoring three runs on two hits and two walks to take a 5-4 lead. It came after Lee, in his return after missing three weeks with a strained oblique, had allowed two runs over six innings.
Late blasts by Davis and Andres Torres padded the Mets’ lead.
Dillon Gee was yanked in the sixth after allowing two runs that gave the Phillies a 4-2 lead. Freddy Galvis’ RBI double brought in a run before Laynce Nix’s pinch-hit single added another and ended Gee’s night.
Gee allowed four earned runs on 10 hits with no walks and four strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings for his second straight no-decision.
“I was not good — probably by far the worst I’ve felt all year,” Gee said. “I just had zero command. I was behind to everyone and I had no command of the curveball. It’s tough to pitch like that.”
But the Mets rescued him in the seventh. Turner launched an RBI double after Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ leadoff walk. Davis doubled Turner to third, and Johnson walked on four pitches to load the bases. After Duda got drilled, Torres’ ground out put the Mets ahead 5-4.
Wright’s RBI single in the sixth had made it 2-2, after Torres stroked a leadoff triple.
“Not having to rely on just one guy every night is good for us,” Gee said. “Everybody pitches in on different nights and it’s great.”
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