Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Mets 7, Philadelphia 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, April 8, 2013
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - Bob Davidson
Attendance: 35393

Mets 7, Phillies 2:
John Buck stayed hot with a three-run homer and Matt Harvey allowed one run in seven innings to lift visiting New York in the opener of a three-game series.

Buck went deep for the third time this season to make it 3-0 in the second and lift his National League-leading RBI total to 12. Lucas Duda had an RBI single in the third and the Mets collected three more runs in the fifth to chase struggling Roy Halladay (0-2).

Halladay was charged with seven runs on six hits and three walks in four-plus innings, walking three and striking out three. He has been reached for 12 runs in 7 1/3 innings this season, and has pitched a total of 14 innings in his last four starts dating to last season.

Ryan Howard's sacrifice fly pulled Philadelphia within 4-1 in the fourth but David Wright had an RBI single and Ruben Tejada a two-run single in the fifth as the Mets gave Harvey (2-0) plenty of support.

The 24-year-old struck out nine, yielded three hits and walked two. His ERA through two games sits at 0.64, and he is 2-0 with a 1.77 ERA in three career starts against Philadelphia.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
Mets 2B Daniel Murphy was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. He has an extra-base hit in four straight games. ... Phillies starters have a 7.68 ERA. ... Buck didn't pick up his 12th RBI last year until May 25.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   Philadelphia
Matt Harvey Player Roy Halladay
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 4.0
9 Strikeouts 3
3 Hits 6
1.29 ERA 15.75
Hitting
NY Mets   Philadelphia
Daniel Murphy Player Erik Kratz
2 Hits 1
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 9 1 16 .250 20 9 7 5 0 1
Philadelphia 4 0 6 .133 13 10 2 2 1 0