The Mets took the rubber game of their three game set against the Phillies by a score of 3-1 this afternoon. Aaron Heilman got his first win of the year, and J.C. Romero took the loss for the Phils. With the win, the Mets now have first place all to themselves.

Ollie Perez continued his dominance against the Phillies this year, pitching 7.2 innings of one run ball, while striking out a season high 12 Phillies. His lone mistake was 2-0 fastball that Jayson Werth drove over the centerfield wall.

The Mets got the scoring going in the third, when Jose Reyes walked, stole a base, and was driven in on a David Wright single off Philly starter Jamie Moyer.

Perez loaded the bases in the eighth, but Heilman got the aforementioned Werth to fly out to Beltran to end the threat.

In the bottom of the frame, Robinson Cancel singled against Romero, and was sacrificed to second by J.Reyes. Endy Chavez than hit a liner to Romero, which he caught, leaving Cancel at second with two out. Wright was walked, and it set the stage for the hero, Carlos Delgado. Delgado drove an outside slider the other way for a two run double, and put the Mets up 3-1.

Billy Wagner closed it out for his 26th save in 32 chances.

The Mets welcome the Cardinals into town starting tomorrow, with Mike Pelfrey facing an unknown Cardinal pitcher at this time. It could be either Brad Thompson or Mitchell Boggs, who the Mets clobbered for 10 runs while they were in St. Louis a few weeks back

I attended today’s game, and man it was electric when Delgado put us up. It was great to see J-ROLL benched for being late to Shea as well, really shows how dedicated he is.