Rodrigo Lopez walked off the mound to a standing ovation from a sellout crowd in the home of the defending World Series champions. Not bad for a guy who hadn't pitched in the majors in two years. Lopez took a three-hitter into the seventh inning, helping the Philadelphia Phillies snap a six-game home losing streak with a 7-2 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night. "I'm pretty happy, pretty excited," Lopez said. "Being out for two years, it was a long way to go, a long battle.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 5/1	Phi	NYM 7 at PHI 4	W: Pelfrey L: Park
Sat 5/2	Phi	NYM 5 at PHI 6	W: Taschner L: Green
Sun 5/3	Phi	PPD
Wed 5/6	NYM	PHI 0 at NYM 1	W: Santana L: Eyre
Thu 5/7	NYM	PHI 5 at NYM 7	W: Pelfrey L: Moyer
Tue 6/9	NYM	PHI 5 at NYM 6	W: Santana L: Condrey
Wed 6/10	NYM	PHI 5 at NYM 4	W: Park L: Parnell
Thu 6/11	NYM	PHI 6 at NYM 3	W: Eyre L: Parnell
Fri 7/3	Phi	NYM 2 at PHI 7	W: Lopez L: Hernandez
Sat 7/4	Phi	NYM 1 at PHI 4	W: Moyer L: Nieve
Sun 7/5	Phi	NYM 0 at PHI 2	W: Blanton L: Santana
Fri 8/21	NYM	PHI 2 at NYM 4	W: Pelfrey L: Hamels
Sat 8/22	NYM	PHI 4 at NYM 1	W: Happ L: Misch
Sun 8/23	NYM	PHI 9 at NYM 7	W: Martinez L: Perez
Mon 8/24	NYM	PHI 6 at NYM 2	W: Lee L: Parnell
Fri 9/11	Phi	NYM 2 at PHI 4	W: Hamels L: Figueroa
Sat 9/12	Phi	NYM 10 at PHI 9	W: Feliciano L: Madson
Sun 9/13	Phi	NYM 4 at PHI 5	W: Kendrick L: Maine
Sun 9/13	Phi	NYM 0 at PHI 1	W: Martinez L: Redding

Box Scores

Mets (39 - 40) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Phillies (40 - 37) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A Cora, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2. D Murphy, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 3. D Wright, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4. G Sheffield, RF 3 0 1 0 1 5. R Church, CF 4 1 3 0 0 6. F Tatis, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 7. N Evans, LF 4 1 1 1 0 8. B Schneider, C 3 0 1 1 1 9. L Hernandez, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. P Misch, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. J Reed, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. B Parnell, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. E Dessens, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. F Martinez, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 8 2 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. J Rollins, SS 5 1 2 2 0 2. S Victorino, CF 5 2 3 0 0 3. C Utley, 2B 4 1 2 2 0 4. R Howard, 1B 2 0 0 0 2 5. J Werth, RF 3 1 1 1 1 6. G Dobbs, LF 4 0 1 2 0 6. J Mayberry, LF 0 0 0 0 0 7. P Feliz, 3B 2 1 1 0 2 8. P Bako, C 4 1 1 0 0 9. R Lopez, P 3 0 0 0 0 9. C Park, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Stairs, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. R Madson, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 7 11 7 5
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* L Hernandez (L, 5-4) 3.0 10 7 7 4 2 4.56 P Misch 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 3.97 B Parnell 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 5.04 E Dessens 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.38		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Lopez (W, 1-0) 6.1 6 2 2 1 4 2.84 C Park 1.2 2 0 0 1 2 5.86 R Madson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: R Church (16), N Evans (4), B Schneider (7)		BATTING 2B: J Rollins 2 (17), P Bako (1) 3B: S Victorino (6) HR: J Werth (16) BASERUNNING SB: C Utley (8)

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Player News

Mets Luis Castillo (NYM) News: The Mets are actively trying to trade Castillo in order to acquire a more powerful second baseman, the New York Post reports.  (RotoWire - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Fernando Nieve (NYM) News: Nieve is likely to miss the remainder of the season, according to MLB.com.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Jonathon Niese (NYM) News: New York put Niese on the 60-day disabled list Thursday with a torn right hamstring.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009)

Phillies Brad Lidge (PHI) News: Lidge had successful surgery on Wednesday to repair his flexor pronator tendon and also had a loose body removed from his right elbow, the Phillies' official site reports.  (RotoWire - Thu. Nov 12, 2009) Jamie Moyer (PHI) News: Moyer (groin/abdomen) will have another surgery later this offseason to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 11, 2009) Cole Hamels (PHI) News: Phillies GM Ruben Amaro dismissed any speculation that he'd consider trading Hamels, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 11, 2009)