The Philadelphia Phillies 14th inning win over the St. Louis Cardinals and another New York Mets loss to the Washington Nationals allowed the Phils to gain another game in the battle for the NL East. The Phillies are now only 1.5 games back after being as much as 6 games back on September 10th.
The Phillies won a 14 inning marathon in which Cole Hamels made his first start since coming off the DL. Hamels threw 54 pitches over the course of 3 innings. He gave up 3 runs on 5 hits while striking out 2 and walking 1. Hamels next scheduled start will be September 23rd against the Washington Nationals.
Jayson Werth has been a surprise catalyst for the Phillies sudden resurgence. In August Werth had a ridiculous .414 batting average to go along with 3 home runs and 19 RBI's. In last night's game Werth had two triples and 3 RBI's, including 2 on a triple that sealed the win. During this current month of September, Werth is batting .302 with a team leading 15 RBI's.
The Phillies have a chance tonight to complete the sweep of the slumping Cardinals and with the cooperation of the Mets, could possibly be only a half game back.
| EAST | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | STRK | L10 |
| NY Mets | 83 | 67 | .553 | - | 40-34 | 43-33 | 729 | 674 | Lost 5 | 4-6 |
| Philadelphia | 82 | 69 | .543 | 1.5 | 43-32 | 39-37 | 840 | 783 | Won 6 | 8-2 |
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