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The ugliness continued for the Phillies last night as bad defense and awful work from their pen got together late and the Mets topped them 7-4.

Joe Blanton was charged with four runs over 6 2/3 innings in the game, but pitched a whole lot better than his line. He left with a 4-2 lead with two men on in the seventh. Qualls and Bastardo took over after that, facing three batters and getting just one out as the other two delivered RBI-singles. The Phils also put together just about the ugliest rundown you’ve ever seen in the frame.

The miserable performance of the bullpen continues as the Phils remain, by ERA, the worst bullpen in either league. The team’s bullpen ERA for the season is up to 4.95.

Over the last five games, the bullpen has been charged with more than one run in every game, allowing 13 runs (12 earned) in 13 innings and throwing to an 8.31 ERA with a 2.30 ratio. In 13 innings they’ve allowed 20 hits and ten walks. Those numbers don’t include the game they lost 15-13 on May 2 — in that game the bullpen was charged with seven runs in 4 2/3 innings.

The pen has also allowed more than one run in eight of the last ten games. In one of those games they didn’t appear at all (Blanton’s complete game on May 3). There’s only one game in the last ten where the bullpen got at least one out and allowed less than two runs (May 1 against the Braves).

The Phillies are 14-17 on the year after losing to the New York Mets 7-4 last night. The Mets have won the first two games of the series. The Phillies have lost four of their last five games.

Blanton got the start for the Phillies and went 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on five hits and three walks. Two of the hits went for extra-bases, both doubles. He struck out seven.

Blanton walked Kirk Nieuwenhuis with one out in the first, but got David Wright on a fly ball to right and Lucas Duda swinging to leave him at first.

Up 2-0, he set the Mets down in order in the second.

Up 4-0, he threw a 1-2-3 third.

Nieuwenhuis doubled to center to start the fourth and moved to third when Wright flew to right for the first out. Duda followed with a walk, putting runners on first and third for Daniel Murphy. Murphy singled into left, scoring Nieuwenhuis to make it 4-1 with men on first and second. Blanton got Ike Davis and Jordany Valdespin, both on fly balls to center, to end the frame.

Blanton hit Mike Nickeas to start the fifth. Pitcher Miguel Batista bunted Nickeas to second with the first out and Nickeas took third when Andres Torres grounded to second for the second. Blanton struck out Nieuwenhuis to leave Nickeas at third.

Wright led off the sixth with a double. Blanton struck out Duda before Murphy moved Wright up to third with a ground out. He got behind Davis 2-0 before striking him out swinging 3-2 to end leave Wright at third.

Blanton walked Valdespin to start the seventh. He struck Nickeas out for the first out and righty Scott Hairston hit for the pitcher Manny Acosta. Hairston popped to second for the second out, but Torres followed and singled softly to right, moving Valdespin up to third. Nieuwenhuis followed with a single to right that scored Valdespin (4-2) and moved Torres to second. Qualls came in to pitch to Wright. Wright singled to right. Hunter fielded and threw home, but his throw wasn’t close to getting Torres, who scored to make it 4-3. Ruiz moved out in front of the plate to take the throw and Wright was caught up between first and second. Rollins threw to Orr covering first and Orr ran Wright towards second, but there was nobody covering second. Orr threw to third to try and Nieuwenhuis there, but his throw was in the dirt and got away for an error, allowing Nieuwenhuis to score and tie the game at 4-4 with two outs and Wright on third. Bastardo came in to pitch to the left Duda and Duda singled to right, scoring Wright to put New York on top 5-4. Murphy flew to center for the third out.

The Wright single play was really ugly. Don’t know why Pence threw home in the first place, cause there was no chance to get Torres. Don’t know why his throw wasn’t cut before making it home. Don’t know why nobody was covering second when Orr was running towards second. The thing that bothers me least about the play was the throw to third, which was in the dirt but could easily have been handled there to prevent the second run.

Qualls and Bastardo face three batters in the inning, allowing two singles and getting one out. Two runs score on the first single, with the help of ugly defense, and one on the second.

Qualls has with at least one run in four of his last six appearances, although the run he was charged with last night was unearned due to Orr’s throwing error. Over his last 4 1/3 innings, he has allowed nine hits and three walks.

Bastardo started the eighth. Davis led off and hit a ball to second that Orr didn’t handle for an error, his second in four batters. The lefty Valdespin flew to left for the second out. Contreras took over for Bastardo, pitching to the righty Nickeas. Ruiz threw Davis out trying to steal second before Nickeas fouled out to Mayberry to end the frame.

Bastardo allows the RBI-single to Duda in the seventh with the run charged to Qualls, then comes back to work around the Orr error in the eighth. He has allowed one hit and two walks over 4 2/3 innings without being charged with a run over his last five appearances. He has thrown two days in a row.

Schwimer started the ninth. Lefty Mike Baxter hit for the pitcher Tim Byrdak and walked on six pitches. Torres moved Baxter to third with a single. Nieuwenhuis flew to left with both runners moving up a base. Baxter scored to make it 6-4 with one out and a man on second. Schwimer struck Wright out swinging for the second out. Savery came in to pitch to the lefty Duda. Duda singled to center on a ball deflected by Savery, scoring Torres to make it 7-4. Murphy grounded back to the pitcher to end the frame.

Second time in three innings that the Phillies bring in a lefty to face the lefty Duda and Duda delivers an RBI-single.

Schwimer has made five appearances on the season and been charged with runs in four of them. He has an 8.53 ERA for the year and opponents have on-based .400 against him. He’s allowed way too many hits and way too many walks in his short time with the Phillies this year. On the plus side, six of the seven hit he’s allowed have been singles.

Savery dropped his ERA to 4.50. It was the only outing of his last three in which he was not charged with a run.

Overall the pen goes 2 1/3 innings in the game, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk. It was worse than that, though, cause two of the runs that scored after Blanton left were charged to Blanton.

Bastardo has thrown two days in a row and threw 18 pitches in the game. Schwimer 17 and everybody else was under ten.

The Phillies lineup against righty Miguel Batista went (1) Rollins (2) Pierre (3) Victorino (4) Pence (5) Ruiz (6) Polanco (7) Mayberry (8) Orr. Mayberry starts at first against the righty with Nix on the bench with a sore calf. Pierre in left and hitting second. Ruiz hits fifth. The lefty Orr at second with the righty Galvis on the bench.

Pierre singled with one out and stole second before Victorino popped out for the second. Pence was next and hit a 1-1 pitch out to center for his seventh home run of the year, putting the Phils up 2-0. Ruiz followed that with a double to center, put Polanco grounded to the pitcher to end the inning.

Mayberry led off the second and reached on a throwing error by Valdespin at short that left Mayberry on second. Mayberry took third on another error, a bad pickoff attempt by Batista. Orr singled into center and Mayberry scored, putting the Phils up 3-0. Blanton struck out trying to bunt before Orr stole second. Rollins followed that with a walk, putting men on first and second for Pierre. Pierre flew to center for the second out, but Victorino was next and lined a ball over short and into the gap in left center for a double that scored Orr (4-0) and moved Rollins to third. Pence flew to center for the third out.

Mayberry singled with two outs in the third, but Orr flew to left behind him.

Blanton started the fourth with a walk with the lead cut to 4-1. Rollins grounded into a double-play behind him. Pierre grounded to second to end the inning.

The Phillies went in order in the fifth.

Mayberry singled to center with one out in the sixth and moved to third when Orr followed with a double. Righty Manny Acosta came in to pitch to Blanton and Blanton went down on a ground ball to second with the runners holding for the second out. Rollins struck out swinging to leave the runners stranded.

No runs for the Phils after putting men on second and third with one out.

The Phillies were down 5-4 when they hit in the seventh. Righty Ramon Ramirez walked Victorino with one out. Pence was next and grounded to third with Victorino forced at second for the second out. Ruiz grounded to second to end the inning.

Polanco reached on an infield single off of Ramirez to start the eighth. He took second on a wild pitch before Mayberry lined hard to second for the first out. He took third on another wild pitch before Orr struck out swinging at a 3-2 pitch that was off of the plate. Nix hit for Contreras. Lefty Tim Byrdak came in to pitch to Nix. Wigginton hit for Nix and flew to center to set the Phillies down.

No run for the Phillies after putting a runner on third with one out. Awful at-bat by Orr, striking out on a pitch out of the strike zone when the Mets were looking like they might be happy to let the righty Ramirez walk the lefty Orr.

Down 7-4, Pierre singled off of righty Jon Rauch with one out in the ninth. Victorino flew to left and Pence grounded to third to end the game.

Rollins was 0-for-4 with a walk in the game. 3-for-his-last-21.

Pierre 2-for-4. 337/396/361 for the season. Among the 115 NL players with 75 plate appearances, his .396 on-base percentage is 12th.

Victorino 1-for-4 with a walk and a double. 10-for-his-last-30 with four walks and four extra-base hits.

Pence 1-for-5 with a two-run homer. 1-for-8 so far in the series.

Ruiz 1-for-4 with a double.

Polanco 1-for-4. 5-for-his-last-12.

Mayberry 2-for-4. 296/310/370 over his last 29 plate appearances.

Orr was 2-for-4 with a double, two errors and an ugly strikeout in the eighth. His .455 slugging percentage is fourth-best on the team.

Lee (0-1, 1.96) returns from the DL to face righty Dillon Gee (2-2, 4.50) tonight. Lee threw ten shutout innings against the Giants on April 18, which was his last start before hitting the DL. Gee has walked just one right-handed batter in his five starts on the season. He’s made four appearances against the Phils in his career (three starts) in which he’s thrown to a 7.85 ERA and a 1.85 ratio.

Well, at least we got to see Papelbon in a tie game.

The Phillies have a bunch of problems in a bunch of areas these days, but the bullpen seems willing to go the extra mile to get itself noticed in a competitive environment. After several games where he stayed in the pen late in a tie game on the road, Papelbon pitched in a tie game at home last night. Didn’t go well. Entering with the score knotted at 2-2, Papelbon gave up a three-run home run to Jordany Valdespin and the Mets beat the Phils 5-2.

The Phillies have played 30 games this season. Over the first 14 games of the year, the bullpen pitched to a 2.01 ERA 31 1/3 innings. Over the last 16 games, Phillie relievers have thrown 39 innings in which they have pitched to a 7.15 ERA and a 1.69 ratio. Combine those results and you get the worst bullpen in baseball — at least by ERA. After allowing three runs in two innings last night, the bullpen ERA for the Phils for the year is up to 4.86. The Angels have the second-worst bullpen ERA at 4.76.

Over the last two games, we’ve now seen the Phillies hit Bryce Harper on purpose, say they did it on purpose, get suspended for it, cost themselves a run they didn’t have to spare on an interference call at second base because their runner was so far off the bag and into the shortstop the ump didn’t have much of a choice and put their shoulder into the catcher’s jaw on a play at the plate, knocking him out of the game.

Not sure if any of that is the kind of stuff that’s going to pull the Phillies out of their funk or not. It hasn’t so far.

The Phillies are 14-16 on the year after losing to the Mets 5-2 last night. Coming off of a 6-3 stretch, the Phils have lost three of four.

Halladay got the start for the Phillies and went seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk. One of the hits went for extra-bases, a double. He struck out seven and dropped his ERA on the year to 3.28. He has the fifth-best ERA among the six pitchers who have started games for the Phils this year.

He set the Mets down in order in the first. Andres Torres was the first batter of the game and ripped a ball to the gap in left-center, but Mayberry made a diving catch to record the out.

Halladay started the second with a 1-0 lead. Daniel Murphy singled to right with one out and stole second as Halladay struck out Ike Davis swinging for the second out. Justin Turner grounded out to leave Murphy at second.

Up 2-0, Halladay set the Mets down in order in the third, fourth and fifth.

He got Josh Thole to pop to Galvis for the first out in the sixth before lefty Mike Baxter hit for the pitcher Jon Niese. Baxter popped to Rollins for the second out before Halladay walked Andres Torres. Torres moved up to second on a single by Kirk Nieuwenhuis, putting men on first and second for David Wright. Wright doubled down the third base line, clearing the bases and tying the game at 2-2. Halladay struck Lucas Duda out swinging for the third out.

Davis singled with one out in the seventh. Halladay got Turner on a line drive to left for the second out before Thole moved Davis up to second with an infield single. Righty Scott Hairston hit for the pitcher Manny Acosta and popped a ball up in the infield, right behind the mound. Galvis made a nice sliding catch in front of Rollins to end the frame.

Bastardo started the eighth with the game still tied and walked Torres to start the inning. Nieuwenhuis bunted Torres to second with the first out. Bastardo walked the righty Wright intentionally, putting runners on first and second for Duda. Duda grounded into a double-play to set New York down.

Don’t remember Antonio Bastardo walking a lot of guys intentionally last year? Me neither. The intentional walk to Wright was the first he has issued in his career.

Bastardo hasn’t allowed a hit or a run over his last four appearances, each of which have been one full inning. Over those four outings, his ERA has dropped from 5.40 to 2.45. He has walked six in 7 1/3 innings for the season.

Papelbon started the ninth. He walked Ike Davis, who is 1-for-his-last-13 and hitting .173 on the year, with one out. Papelbon struck Turner out swinging for the second out before Mike Nickeas doubled to left, moving Davis up to third. Lefty Jordany Valdespin hit for the pitcher Tim Byrdak and hit an 0-1 pitch out to right, putting the Mets on top 5-2. Torres flew to left for the third out.

Papelbon’s ERA for the year rises from 0.82 to 3.00 with the outing. He allowed three home runs in 64 1/3 innings in 2011 and has allowed two so far in 12 innings in 2012.

Papelbon threw 30 pitches in the game and Bastardo 22.

The Phillies lineup against lefty Jon Niese went (1) Rollins (2) Mayberry (3) Victorino (4) Pence (5) Wigginton (6) Ruiz (7) Polanco (8) Galvis. Mayberry starts in left and second in the order for the first time on the season. Wigginton at first against the lefty.

Rollins led off the bottom of the first with a double and moving up to third on a bobble error by Torres. Mayberry was next and flew to center for the first out, deep enough for Rollins to tag and score, putting the Phillies on top 1-0. Victorino singled to left before Pence grounded to third with Victorino forced at second for the second out. Wigginton struck out looking to end the inning.

Ruiz walked to start the bottom of the second and scored when Polanco ripped a double to the gap in left-center. 2-0. Galvis was next and grounded to short for the first out. Polanco moved up to third, but Halladay struck out behind Galvis for the second out of the inning. Rollins struck out to leave Polanco at third.

No more runs for the Phils after putting Polanco on third with one out. Halladay strikes out with one down and a runner on third.

Victorino walked with one out in the third, but Pence and Wigginton both grounded out behind him.

Ruiz walked to start the fourth, but the Phils went in order behind him.

Mayberry singled to left with one out in the fifth. Victorino fouled out to Wright for the second out before Pence drew a walk, moving Mayberry up to second. Wigginton struck out swinging to leave both runners stranded.

It was 2-2 when righty Manny Acosta set the Phillies down in order in the sixth.

Righty Bobby Parnell started the seventh for the Mets. Pierre hit for Halladay and drew a walk. Rollins moved him to second with a single before Mayberry flew to right for the first out. Victorino reached on an infield single to load the bases for Pence. Pence grounded to second. The Mets went to second for one, but Pence just beat the relay to first. It would have been a run for the Phils as Pierre crossed the plate, but Victorino was called for interference at second. Victorino was out, Pence was out and the inning was over.

Victorino was way out of the base line at second.

Wigginton started the eighth with a single to center before Ruiz bunted for a hit, putting runners on first and second with nobody out. Polanco bunted the runners up to second and third with the first out. Galvis chopped a ball back to the pitcher. Parnell fielded and threw home as Wiggington arrived. Wigginton put his shoulder into Thole’s jaw, but somehow Thole hung onto the ball to retire the out. Thole had to leave the game and Nickeas came on to catch for New York. Lefty Tim Byrdak came on to pitch to the lefty Nix. Kratz hit for Nix and struck out swinging to leave the runners at first and third.

Amazing job by Thole to hang onto the ball. Big at-bat for Kratz, who got ahead 2-0, but went down swinging on a 3-2 pitch that was outside.

Righty Frank Francisco set the Phillies down in order in the ninth. Rollins was the first batter for the Phils and put a pretty bunt down the first base line, but Francisco made a nice play to get to the ball and Davis put on an acrobatic swiping tag to get Rollins for the first out.

Rollins was 2-for-5 with a double in the series. He has five extra-base hits in 127 plate appearances for the year and a slugging percentage of .274.

Mayberry 1-for-4 with an RBI and some nice defensive work in left.

Victorino 2-for-4 with a walk. 333/394/533 in 33 plate appearances so far in May.

Pence 0-for-3 with a walk and five men left on base. He has walked in about 4.8% of his plate appearances so far in 2012. His career rate is about 7.0% and his worst mark for any season is 5.4% in 2007.

Wigginton 1-for-4 with two strikeouts and four men left on base. He’s 1-for-his-last-13 with eight strikeouts.

Ruiz 1-for-2 with two walks. 372/417/721 over his last 48 plate appearances.

Polanco 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. 364/391/455 over his last 47 plate appearances.

Galvis 0-for-4 with a strikeout and four men left on base. There are 111 NL players with at least 75 plate appearances — Galvis’s .215 on-base percentage is 110th and his .289 slugging percentage is 106th.

Blanton (3-3, 2.83) faces righty Miguel Batista (0-1, 6.92) tonight. Blanton was outstanding his last time out, throwing a complete-game shutout against the Braves. His 2.83 ERA is second-best among Phillie starters and he’s walked just three in 35 innings on the year. Bastista has mostly been appearing in relief for the Mets. He’s made one start on the year and that was a disaster as he allowed six runs over 3 2/3 innings against the Giants on April 23. He hasn’t gone more than 3 2/3 innings in any appearance this season.

Cole Hamels was suspended for five games.

The Nationals won the first two games of the three-game set this weekend, but Cole Hamels made sure people were going to remember game three for a while with last night’s effort. Hamels was great in the game, holding Washington to a run over eight innings as the Phils cruised to a 9-3 with behind Hamels’s arm and a pair of homers from Hunter Pence.

The game was most memorable, though, for the first pitch Hamels delivered to Washington wunderkind Bryce Harper in the bottom of the first — a 93-mile an hour fastball into the small of Harper’s back. Harper stole home later in the inning and Hamels was hit himself in the third. It’s probably not something that will be forgotten, but that might have been the end of things for the time being had it not been for this interview, in which Hamels is quoted as saying, “I was trying to hit him.”

The Phillies are 14-15 on the year after beating the Washington Nationals 9-3 last night. The Nats take the series two games to one. The Phillies are in last place in the NL East, 4 1/2 games behind the first-place Nationals.

Hamels got the start for the Phillies and went eight innings, allowing a run on five hits and walk. Two of the hits went for extra-bases, a double and a triple. He struck out eight and dropped his ERA on the year to 2.45. The Phillies have won five of the six games he has started this season.

He got the first two in the bottom of the first before hitting Bryce Harper with the first pitch of Harper’s at-bat. Jayson Werth was next and moved Harper up to third with a single. Harper stole home as Hamels made a throw to try to pick Werth off of first before Chad Tracy popped to Rollins to end the inning.

Hamels walked Wilson Ramos with two outs in the second, but got pitcher Jordan Zimmerman on a fly ball to center for the third out.

Harper singled to left with two outs in the third, but Hamels struck Werth out to leave Harper at first.

Up 3-1, Hamels set the Nats down in order in the fourth.

Ian Desmond tripled to left with two outs in the fifth. Steve Lombardozzi was the next hitter and Hamels got him on a soft ground ball he handled himself to end the inning.

Chad Tracy singled to center with two outs in the sixth. Hamels got Danny Espinosa on a ground ball to third for the third out.

Through six innings, Hamels had thrown 91 pitches.

Still up two runs, Hamels threw a 1-2-3 seventh.

He got the first two in the eighth before Harper doubled to left. Xavier Nady, who took over in right for Werth after Werth injured his wrist, grounded to second for the third out.

Sanches started the ninth with a 9-1 lead. He walked Espinosa with one out. Rick Ankiel was next and he grounded to first, with Espinosa forced at second for the second out. Ramos followed with a single into left that moved Ankiel up to second. Lefty Roger Bernadina hit for the pitcher Tom Gorzelanny and doubled to right, scoring Ankiel (9-2) and moving Ramos up to third. Ian Desmond followed that with an infield single, scoring Ramos (9-3) and moving Bernadina to third. Desmond took second without a throw before Lombardozzi popped to second, ending the game with both runners stranded.

Sanches threw 32 pitches in the game. He has now made two appearances for the Phillies and been bad in both, allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks over three innings.

The Phillies lineup against righty Jordan Zimmerman went (1) Rollins (2) Pierre (3) Victorino (4) Pence (5) Nix (6) Ruiz (7) Polanco (8) Orr. Pierre in left against the righty. The lefty Orr at second with Galvis on the bench.

The Phils went in order in the first.

Down 1-0, they went in order in the second.

Orr singled to center with one out in the third. Hamels was next and was hit by the first pitch of his at-bat, putting runners on first and second for Rollins. Rollins grounded to first for the second out with the runner moving up to second and third. Pierre grounded to second to leave both runners stranded.

Victorino walked to start the fourth. Pence was next and hit a 1-1 pitch out to center, putting the Phils on top 2-1. Nix singled and moved to second on a ground out by Ruiz. Polanco singled into center, scoring Nix to put the Phils up 3-1. Orr struck out for the second out before Hamels moved Polanco up to second with a single. Rollins flew to center for the third out.

Pierre led off the fifth with a walk, but Victorino grounded into a double-play behind him. Pence grounded to third for the third out.

Nix and Ruiz went down to start the sixth before Polanco lined a ball into right. Werth came in and made a sliding effort but didn’t make the catch, injuring his wrist in the effort. Orr popped to short for the third out.

Zimmerman walked Hamels and Rollins to start the seventh before Pierre bunted for a single that loaded the bases. Righty Craig Stammen came in to pitch to Victorino and Victorino lined to left on a diving play by Harper with the runners holding. Pence was next and hit a ball well to center, but Ankiel took it and Hamels stayed at third (good thing, too, cause Ankiel made an amazing throw to the plate). Stammen stayed in to face the lefty Nix with the bases still loaded and struck Nix out swinging 0-2 to leave the bases loaded.

No run for the Phils after loading the bases with nobody out. I thought it was nutty to let Stammen pitch to Nix, but it worked out great for the Nats. Stammen’s spot was due to hit third in the bottom of the inning.

Lefty Sean Burnett pitched the eighth and set the Phillies down in order. Galvis hit for Orr and flew to left for the third out.

Hamels hit for himself to start the ninth, flying to center off of righty Ryan Perry for the first out. Rollins was next and walked on four pitches. He stole second before Pierre singled into center, scoring Rollins to make it 4-1. Pierre moved up to second as the throw came home. Victorino followed and tripled to right, plating Pierre. 5-1. Pence homered to left. 7-1. Nix flew to center for the second out before Ruiz singled to left. Polanco doubled to left, moving Ruiz up to third. The Nats finally pulled Perry as lefty Tom Gorzelanny took over. Galvis greeted him with a single into center, scoring both runners to make it 9-1. Mayberry hit for Hamels and struck out swinging to end the frame.

Second home run of the game for Pence. First triple of the year for Victorino. He’s got some work to do if he’s going to lead the league in triples. Galvis delivers a two-run single. Hamels hits for himself to start the inning, then doesn’t pitch the bottom of the ninth after the Phils extend the lead to 9-1.

Rollins was 0-for-3 with two walks in yesterday’s game. 1-for-12 with two walks and a double in the series. 223/273/259 for the season with four extra-base hits, all doubles, in 122 plate appearances.

Pierre 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in the game. 3-for-7 with two walks in the series. 333/388/359 for the year. 5-for-his-last-11. He has walked in about 7.1% of his plate appearances for the season. Over his career he has walked in about 5.7%. His .388 on-base percentage leads the team. Mayberry was 0-for-6 with two strikeouts in the series, dropping his line on the year to 203/217/254.

Victorino 1-for-4 with a triple and an RBI. 3-for-12 with two walks, a double and a triple in the set. 246/294/415 on the year.

Pence was 2-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the game. 5-for-14 with a double and three home runs in the set. 274/308/487 for the year.

Nix was 1-for-5 in the game and 1-for-7 with two strikeouts in the series. 311/380/578 on the year. Wigginton was 0-for-5 in the series and struck out four times. 0-for-his-last-9. 289/360/408 on the year.

Ruiz was 1-for-5 yesterday and 3-for-12 with a home run in the series. 318/344/565 for the year. Among the 109 NL players with 75 or more plate appearances, his slugging percentage of .565 is eighth.

Polanco 3-for-5 with a double. 4-for-14 with a double in the series. 268/304/309 for the year. 366/395/439 over his last 43 plate appearances. He, Rollins, Galvis and Mayberry all have more than 50 plate appearances for the season and a slugging percentage under .310.

Orr 1-for-3 yesterday and 1-for-5 in the series. 276/300/414 for the year. Galvis was 1-for-2 with two RBI yesterday and 2-for-7 with a double in the series. 198/225/302 on the season.

In Saturday’s game, Worley didn’t pitch well, allowing five runs in six innings, and the Phils didn’t do much against Gio Gonzalez as they fell 7-1. Savery allowed two runs in an inning in relief of Worley. The Phils had just five hits in the game.

Friday the Nats won the opener 4-3. Manuel was ejected early, arguing a checked swing on Harper’s at-bat in the first. Pence put the Phils up with a two-run homer off of Strasburg in the fourth, but Chad Tracy hit a solo shot off of Kendrick in the bottom of the inning to make it 2-1. Ruiz homered in the fifth to extend the lead to 3-1, but the Nats got a run in the sixth charged to Savery and another charged to Qualls in the eighth to tie the game up at 3-3. Schwimmer, back for his third inning after throwing two scoreless frames, allowed a run in the bottom of the eleventh on a pair or singles and a pair of walks.

Schwimer threw 58 pitches in the game. Papelbon did not appear.

Halladay (3-2, 3.40) faces lefty Jon Niese (2-1, 4.08) tonight. Halladay struggled in his last outing, unable to hold a 6-0 lead and allowing eight runs over 5 1/3 innings. Niese was also hit hard in his last start, allowing five runs in three innings in Houston.

Joe Blanton was outstanding yesterday, throwing a complete game three-hit shutout as the Phils topped the Braves 4-0. Pitching in the early afternoon the day after a 15-13 marathon, Blanton needed just 88 pitches to get the job done in a game that took just two hours and two minutes.

First complete game for Blanton since 2007. Maybe his best start since joining the Phillies, and almost surely his best since September 22, 2009. He held the Marlins to two hits and two walks over seven innings that day and struck out nine. Maybe the best of his career since throwing a complete-game three hitter against the Twins while with the A’s on June 2, 2007.

The Phillies are 13-13 on the year after beating the Atlanta Braves 4-0 yesterday. They take the series two games to one.

Blanton got the start for the Phillies and threw a complete game shutout, allowing three singles, no walks and striking out six. He dropped his ERA on the year to 2.83, which is four-best among the six Phillies who have started a game for the team this season.

He started the bottom of the first with a 1-0 lead. Freddie Freeman singled to center with two outs, but Blanton got Dan Uggla to ground to short for the third out.

Blanton didn’t allow a base-runner in the second, third or fourth. He struck out Juan Francisco in the second. He got Pastornicky looking in the third and Martin Prado looking in the fourth.

Still up a run, Blanton got the first two to start the fifth, striking Francisco out again for the second out. David Ross was next and reached on an infield single, but Blanton got Pastornicky to ground to short for the third out.

Blanton got the Braves in order in the sixth. Pitcher Randall Delgado was the first hitter for Atlanta and hit the ball well, but Victorino made a nice running catch to take it for the first out.

Blanton had thrown 67 pitches through six innings.

He started the seventh with Polanco at third, Galvis at second and Wigginton moved over to first. The Braves went in order again.

He struck Francisco out for the third time in the game as he threw a 1-2-3 eighth.

Lefty Eric Hinske hit for the pitcher Livan Hernandez to start the ninth and struck out swinging. Bourn followed with a single into center, putting a runner on first for Martin Prado. Prado hit the ball hard, but Galvis speared his line drive at second and threw to first to double-off Bourn, ending the game.

The Phillies lineup against righty Randall Delgado (1) Rollins (2) Pierre (3) Victorino (4) Pence (5) Wigginton (6) Nix (7) Orr (8) Schneider. Polanco on the bench with Wigginton at third. Pierre in left after sparking a ninth-inning rally in game two of the set. Nix at first. Schneider catches the day game after a night game. Orr at second against the righty with the weak-hitting Galvis on the bench.

Rollins led off the game with a single to left and moved up to second when Pierre bunted for a single. Victorino was next and flew to right for the first out with Rollins moving up to third. Pence followed with a ball to center for the second out, deep enough for Rollins to tag and score, putting the Phils up 1-0. Wigginton struck out swinging to set the Phillies down.

Nix led off the second with a single to left, but Orr, Schneider and Blanton all went down behind him.

The Phils went in order in the third. Pierre again tried to bunt for a hit, but Francisco caught it in the air for the second out.

Pence struck out as the Phils went in order in the fourth.

Blanton struck out as the Phils went in order in the fifth.

Rollins, Pierre and Victorino went down in the sixth.

Pence and Wigginton both grounded out to start the seventh, but Nix was next and he a 2-1 pitch from Delgado out to center to put the Phils up 2-0. Orr singled to right, but was thrown out trying to steal second with Schneider at the plate.

For his career, Orr now has 16 stolen bases and has been caught seven times. Safe about 69.6% of the time. Might want to think about staying put.

Blanton reached on an infield single with one out in the eighth, but Rollins hit into a double-play behind him.

Pierre singled to left to start the ninth. Victorino was next and hit a 2-2 pitch from Hernandez out to right, putting the Phils up 4-0. Pence followed that with a double to left. Wigginton struck out for the first out before Polanco moved Pence up to third with a ground out to second. Galvis flew to center to leave him there.

First home run of the year for Victorino against a right-handed pitcher. He came into the game hitting 228/274/241 against righties.

Rollins was 1-for-4 in the game and 4-for-15 in the series. He’s hitting 240/280/270 for the year. Three extra-base hits, all doubles, in 108 plate appearances on the year.

Pierre 2-for-4. 2-for-5 with a walk in the series. 324/368/352.

Victorino 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the game and 5-for-14 with a home run in the set. 245/286/406 for the year. The list of Phillies that are on-basing .310 or less for the season includes Polanco, Pence, Victorino, Rollins, Mayberry, Thome and Galvis.

Pence 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the game. 4-for-12 with a walk and two doubles in the series. 263/302/404 on the year.

Wigginton 0-for-4 and struck out twice. 3-for-12 with two walks and five strikeouts in the series. 6-for-his-last-21 with six singles. 310/375/437 for the year.

Nix 2-for-3 with his second homer of the year. 5-for-9 with two doubles and a home run in the series. 342/419/658 for the year. He’s fifth in the NL in slugging percentage among players with 25 or more plate appearances.

Orr 1-for-3 in the game and in the series. 292/320/458 for the year. His isolated power of .167 is third-best on the team behind Nix and Ruiz. That might not even last all season.

Polanco 0-for-1 in the game and 4-for-11 in the series. 265/307/301 for the year (an isolated power of .036).

Galvis 0-for-1. 2-for-11 with a double in the series. 190/220/291 for the year. His OPS for the year peaked at .669 after going 1-for-4 with a double against the Giants on April 16. Since then he’s 8-for-48 with two walks and two doubles (167/200/208 over 51 PA).

Mayberry didn’t have an at-bat yesterday. He was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double in the series. He’s hitting 226/241/283 for the season.

Kendrick (0-2, 6.59) faces righty Steven Strasburg (2-0, 1.13) tonight. Kendrick has made two starts this year. The first, against the Diamondbacks in Arizona, was a disaster, but he was a lot better his last time out, holding the Cubs to two earned runs over six innings. Strasburg has made five starts on the year and allowed one or no runs in four of them. He allowed two runs in the other start. Strasburg has made one other appearance against the Phillies, which came on August 21, 2010.

Overall I’d say people feel like they got their money’s worth with Halladay being unable to hold a six-run lead and Ruiz driving in seven runs in a game his team lost. My impression is people might have felt Contreras, Schwimer and Sanches not pitching so well fell a little flat.

Wild one last night in Atlanta, which the Braves won 15-13 on a walkoff two-run homer by Chipper Jones in the bottom of the eleventh.

Staked to a 6-0 lead, Roy Halladay allowed eight runs in 5 1/3 innings in the game. The Phils failed to hold leads of 6-0 and 12-8 in the contest.

Carlos Ruiz went nuts, driving in seven runs, including three in the seventh on a three-run homer and three in the eighth on a three-run double.

Neither team got a lot of outstanding work from their pen, but the Braves got the last laugh in that department. After Savery and Bastardo went 1 2/3 scoreless frames, Contreras, Schwimer and Sanches combined to allow seven runs in three innings. With Qualls and Papelbon both in the pen having been used heavily over the past four days, the Phils brought Sanches out to start his third inning of the game in the eleventh. He didn’t get an out before Chipper won the game with a walkoff home run.

The Phillies are 12-13 on the year after losing to the Atlanta Braves 15-13 in 11 innings last night. The teams have split the first two games of the series.

Halladay got the start for the Phillies and went 5 1/3 innings, allowing eight runs on 12 hits. Two of the hits went for extra-bases, a double and a grand slam. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out five.

Martin Prado and Freddie Freeman singled back-to-back with one out in the bottom of the first, putting runners on first and second for Brian McCann. McCann hit a ball to first. Wigginton fielded, went to second for the first out and Rollins threw to Halladay covering first to complete the double-play and end the inning.

Great play by the Phils. Rollins did a great job at second, holding the ball long enough for Halladay to get to first while Freeman slid in hard.

Halladay set the Braves down in order in the second.

He started the third with a 4-0 lead and set Atlanta down in order.

McCann singled with two outs in the fourth, but Halladay struck Dan Uggla out behind him.

Halladay started the fifth with a 6-0 lead. Chipper Jones, Eric Hinske and Taylor Pastornicky all singled to start the frame, loading the bases with nobody out. Lefty Juan Francisco hit for the pitcher Cristhian Martinez and Halladay got him to pop to third for the first out. Michael Bourn was next and he singled into right, moving everyone up a base. Chipper scored and it was 6-1. Prado followed with an infield single, again moving everyone up a base. 6-2. Freeman popped to Galvis for the second out. McCann was next and he hit a 2-1 pitch well out to right, tying the game at 6-6. Halladay struck Uggla out looking to end the inning.

First home run allowed by Halladay since September 19, 2011. At least he made it memorable.

Hinske singled with one out in the sixth and a double by Pastornicky moved Hinske up to third. Lefty Jason Heyward hit for the pitcher Livan Hernandez and singled into right, scoring both runners to put Atlanta up 8-6. Savery took over for Halladay. He got Bourn swinging as Ruiz threw Heyward out trying to steal second, setting the Braves down.

Savery dropped his ERA on the year to 1.42 with the outing. In 6 1/3 innings, he has allowed one earned run on two hits and a walk.

The Phillies were up 9-8 when Bastardo started the seventh. Pitching for the third day in a row, he set Atlanta down in order on three fly balls. Two of the outs came on nice plays by Mayberry in left. He made a diving play to take a hit away from Prado for the first out and retired Freeman as he crashed into the wall for the second.

After not going a full inning in any of his first six outings on the year, Bastardo has now done so twice in the last two days. Over the last two days he’s thrown two perfect innings in two times out.

Contreras started the eighth with the Phillies on top 12-8. Uggla led off with a single. Chipper was next and hit a ball back up the middle that the Phillies might have gotten two on, but Rollins didn’t handle it for an error and the Phils didn’t get any. Righty Matt Diaz hit for the pitcher Kris Medlen and Contreras struck him out swinging for the first out. Pastornicky singled to center, scoring Uggla (12-9) and moving Chipper up to second. Contreras walked Heyward on a 3-2 pitch, loading the bases. The righty Schwimer took over for the righty Contreras, coming in to pitch to the lefty Bourn. Schwimer walked Bourn on four pitches, forcing in Chipper to make it 12-10. Prado followed with a single into center, scoring Pastornicky and Heyward, making it 12-12 with men on first and third. Freeman was next and flew to left for the second out. Bourn tagged and scored, putting Atlanta on top 13-12. McCann flew to center for the third out.

Schwimer comes in to face Bourn with Bastardo and Savery having already pitched in the game.

Contreras and Schwimer were both awful in the inning. Far from a sure thing, but if the Phillies had turned a double-play on the Rollins error ball, Conteras would have faced three hitters in the inning and put up a zero. Instead, the next two hitters he faced reached base. So a little bit of tough luck for Contreras in the frame, but that doesn’t change the fact that he doesn’t look like he can offer much help out of the pen at this point and hasn’t for a while.

Schwimer faced four batters in the inning, allowing a walk, a single and a sac fly. It was his third appearance of the year for the Phils. Two of them have been bad.

It was 13-13 when Sanches started the ninth, making his first appearance for the Phils since 2007. He allowed back-to-back singles to Chipper and Jack Wilson with one out, putting men on first and second. Righty David Ross hit for the pitcher Craig Kimbrel and Sanches struck him out swinging for the second out. Sanches walked the lefty Heyward on four pitches, loading the bases for another lefty Bourn. Bourn flew to center for the third out.

Sanches came back to throw a 1-2-3 tenth.

He started the eleventh, but didn’t get an out. Uggla led off with a single to left. He got ahead of Chipper 0-2, but Chipper hit Sanches’s 41st pitch of the game, a 3-2 offering, out to right-center. Braves win 15-13.

You really want to try to avoid bringing Sanches back for a third inning if you can help it at all.

In the game, the pen goes 4 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs (six earned) on seven hits and three walks.

Sanches threw 41 pitches. Contreras 21. Bastardo has thrown three days in a row and threw 11 pitches in the game. Schwimer 15 and Savery six.

The Phillies lineup against righty Tommy Hanson went (1) Rollins (2) Polanco (3) Victorino (4) Pence (5) Wigginton (6) Nix (7) Ruiz (8) Galvis. Galvis stays in the lineup despite miserable offensive results with the lefty Orr on the bench.

Polanco singled to center with one out in the top of the first. Victorino struck out behind him for the second out and Pence flew to center for the third.

Wigginton walked to start the second and moved to second when Nix followed with a single into center. Ruiz was next and grounded into a double-play, leaving a runner on third for Galvis with two down. Galvis struck out swinging at a high 2-2 pitch that was way out of the strike zone.

Rollins and Polanco singled back-to-back with one out in the third, putting runners on the corners for Victorino. Victorino singled into right, scoring Rollins to make it 1-0 and moving Polanco up to third. Victorino stole second before Pence walked to load the bases. Wigginton fouled out to Chipper at third for the second out, but Nix blasted a ball to right that went over Hinske’s head in right for a three-run double, putting the Phils up 4-0. Hanson hit Ruiz with an 0-2 pitch before Galvis flew to center for the third out.

Hinkse probably should have caught the ball that Nix hit to right, although Nix hit it well. Wigginton can’t bring the runner in from third, popping out with the bases loaded for the second out.

Polanco and Victorino singled back-to-back with two outs in the fourth. Righty Cristhian Martinez took over for Hanson and get Pence to ground to short for the third out.

Wigginton started the fifth with a single and scored on a one-out double by Ruiz, putting the Phils up 5-0. Galvis followed that with a double, plating Ruiz to make it 6-0. Halladay moved Galvis up to third with a ground out to second for the second out. Rollins grounded to third to leave him there.

It was 6-6 when the Phils hit in the sixth. Livan Hernandez set the Phils down in order.

The Phillies were losing 8-6 when lefty Eric O’Flaherty started the seventh. Wigginton led off with a walk. Mayberry hit for Nix and singled softly to right, putting men on first and second for Ruiz. Ruiz pounded a 1-0 pitch out to left, putting the Phils up 9-8. Kratz hit for Savery and grounded to third. Rollins flew to center for the third out.

Righty Kris Medlen started the eighth for the Braves. He got Polanco and Victorino before Pence and Wigginton singled back-to-back, putting men on first and second for Mayberry. Mayberry walked to load the bases. Ruiz ripped a double into right field, clearing the bases and putting the Phils up 12-8. Galvis flew to center for the third out.

Six RBI in two at-bats for Ruiz. Three-run homer in the seventh and a three-run double with the bases loaded in the eighth.

First walk of the year for Mayberry. One walk in 54 plate appearances.

The Phillies were down 13-12 when the hit in the ninth. Righty Craig Kimbrel walked Pierre on four pitches. Pierre stole second before Rollins struck out looking at a 3-2 pitch that surprised many observers cause it was so far off the plate. Polanco grounded to short for the second out with Pierre moving up to third. Victorino was next and hit a ball up the middle. Wilson nearly made an incredible play to end the game, fielding, spinning and making a strong throw to first, but Victorino just beat it out for an infield single. Pierre scored and it was 13-13. Pence struck out swinging to leave Victorino at first.

Fantastic job by Pierre to draw the walk and steal the base, helping to create a huge run for the Phils that kept the game alive.

Jonny Venters struck out Wigginton and Mayberry in a 1-2-3 tenth.

Chad Durbin got Galvis, Sanches and Rollins in the top of the eleventh.

Galvis tried to bunt for a hit, but Durbin threw him out at first. Sanches hits for himself in a tie game having already thrown two innings. The Phils had Schneider and Orr on the bench and Qualls and Papelbon in the pen. Qualls had thrown two days in a row and three of the last four. Papelbon had also thrown two days in a row and three of the last four.

Rollins was 1-for-7 in the game. He’s 7-for-his-last-22.

Polanco 3-for-6 to raise his average to .268. After going 0-for-1 against Arizona on April 24, he was hitting .196 for the year. He’s gone 11-for-26 since.

Victorino 3-for-6 with two RBI, including a huge one to bring Pierre home with two outs in the top of the ninth. He came into the game 5-for-his-last-42 (.119).

Pence was 1-for-5 with a walk. He only has one walk in his last 48 plate appearances.

Wigginton 2-for-4 with two walks. 362/424/517 over his last 66 plate appearances. Started a nice double-play early.

Nix 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI. 8-for-his-last-18 with three walks and five extra-base hits. Mayberry was 1-for-2 with a walk in the game.

Ruiz 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and seven RBI. He leads the Phils with a .575 slugging percentage for the year. He drove in more runs in last night’s game than Galvis, Rollins, Polanco, Pierre or Mayberry have for the season.

Galvis 1-for-6 with a double, an RBI and two strikeouts. His on-base percentage for the year is down to .222.

Blanton (2-3, 3.81) faces righty Randall Delgado (2-2, 6.30) this afternoon. Blanton has walked just three hitters in 26 innings for the season and allowed just one home run. The bad news is that opponents are hitting .318 against him. Delgado hasn’t gone more than 5 1/3 innings in any of his four starts and has walked 12 so far in 20 innings. Lefties have hit 357/417/449 against him so far and righties 211/362/277. So lefties have pounded him and righties haven’t done much in the way of getting a hit, but Delgado has walked about 14.9% of the right-handed hitters he has faced.

The Phils beat the Braves 4-2 last night, rallying late to break a 2-2 tie in support of a strong outing by Cole Hamels. It was the second time in two games the offense had put together a late inning rally to get the Phils a win.

The Phillies have won five of their last seven games.

John Mayberry was one of the heroes last night, doubling with one out in the eighth to start the rally that put the Phils ahead. His bloop to the opposite field was far from a magnificent blast ripped into the gap, but the struggling Mayberry can use any hit he can get.

It was also the first extra-base hit of the year for a Phillies pinch-hitter. They are now 4-for-32 on the year with a double, a walk and 16 strikeouts (125/176/156).

The starting pitching continues to shine. Hamels went six strong innings, allowing two runs, one of which scored with the help of some weak defense by the Phils in the bottom of the sixth. The Phillies have 12 quality starts in their last 13 games.

The Phillies are 12-12 on the year after beating the Atlanta Braves 4-2 last night.

Hamels got the start for the Phillies and went six innings, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks. One of the hits went for extra-bases, a solo home run. He struck out six and his ERA for the year rose to 2.78.

The Phillies have won the last four games that he has started and he has not allowed more than two runs or thrown less than six innings in any of them.

Martin Prado singled into center with one out in the bottom of the first. Prado stole second before Hamels struck Freddie Freeman out swinging 3-2 for the second out. Brian McCann got ahead of Hamels 3-0 before flying to left on a 3-1 pitch to end the inning.

Hamels got the first two to start the second before Juan Francisco lined a single to left. Tyler Pastornicky grounded to short for the third out.

He struck out pitcher Brandon Beachy and Michael Bourn in a 1-2-3 third.

He started the fourth up 2-0. Freddie Freeman flew to left for the first out. McCann was next, though, and he blasted a 3-2 pitch out to right, cutting the lead to 2-1. Hamels struck Dan Uggla out swinging for the second out before walking Matt Diaz. Francisco grounded to first to end the inning.

Bourn singled to right with two outs in the fifth. Prado flew to right for the third out.

Freeman led off the sixth with a single on a ball deflected by Wigginton. McCann was next and Hamels walked him on five pitches, putting runners on first and second. Uggla popped up to Wigginton on the infield fly rule before a single by Diaz loaded the bases for Francisco. Francisco flew to left for the second out, deep enough for Freeman to tag and score, tying the game at 2-2. Pastornicky grounded out on a ball handled by Hamels for the third out.

Wigginton should have made the play on the ball hit by Freeman to start the frame, which would have helped Hamels out quite a bit.

Bastardo started the seventh in a tie game and set down the side in order. Righty Jack Wilson hit for the pitcher Beachy and flew to left for the first out before Bastardo struck out Bourn for the second. Prado flew to center for the third.

First time this season that Bastardo has gotten three outs in an appearance. He was pitching on back-to-back days for the second time this year. Got his ratio down to 1.85 for the year.

Qualls started the eighth with a 4-2 lead. Freeman led off and singled to left. McCann was next and Qualls got him to hit into a double-play to clear the bases. Uggla singled to left before Qualls walked Diaz on four pitches. It put men on first and second with two down for Francisco. Qualls got Francisco swinging 2-2 to leave both men stranded.

A day after giving up a two-run, game-tying homer to a left, Qualls again faces a bunch of lefties in the eighth. The lefty Freeman singles before the lefty McCann gets a shot as the tying run and hits the ball real hard, but into a double-play. Qualls strikes out the lefty Francisco at the plate as the go-ahead run.

So it worked. It’s going to fail to work a lot of the time, though. Qualls just isn’t good enough against lefties to pitch to them day after day with the game on the line. The Phils are going to need to figure something else out, cause if Qualls just stays in there to pitch the whole eighth in tight games every time he’s going to put up some ugly numbers. So far for the year, lefties are hitting 333/368/632 against him. The Phillies got lucky in last night’s game that when McCann absolutely crushed his ball, it was into a double-play.

Bottom line is Qualls in the eighth worked last night, though. Pitching for the second straight day, he dropped his ERA on the year to 2.89. He has allowed six hits and a walk over 3 1/3 innings in his last four appearances after allowing three hits and two walks over six innings his first six times out.

Papelbon pitched the ninth, also throwing for the second straight day. Lefty Eric Hinske hit for the pitcher Kris Medlen and flew to left for the first out. Wilson fouled out to Ruiz for the second and Bourn struck out swinging to end the game.

Three scoreless innings for the pen in which they allow two hits and a walk while striking out three. Bastardo, Qualls and Papelbon have all thrown two days in a row. Qualls threw 18 pitches in the game, Bastardo 14 and Papelbon ten.

The Phillies lineup against righty Brandon Beachy went (1) Rollins (2) Polanco (3) Victorino (4) Pence (5) Wigginton (6) Nix (7) Ruiz (8) Galvis. Rollins leads off for the fourth straight day. Nix in left with Pierre on the bench. Wigginton at first with Mayberry on the bench. Galvis plays second with the lefty Orr on the bench.

The Phillies went in order in the top of the first and again in the second and third.

Polanco singled with one out in the fourth and went to third on a two-out double by Pence. Wigginton was next and singled into left, plating both runners to put the Phils up 2-0. The ball rolled under the glove and past a charging Prado, the error allowing Wigginton to move all the way up to third base. Nix flew to center to leave him there.

With their lead cut to 2-1, the Phils went in order in the fifth.

Rollins led off the sixth with a single, but was caught stealing for the first out. Polanco and Victorino both grounded out behind him.

It was 2-2 when the Phils hit in the seventh. Pence led off and smashed a ball, but Pastornicky snared it at short for the first out. Wigginton was next and he smashed a ball to deep right center field, but Diaz ran it down on a nice play for the second out. Nix doubled to left, but was left at second when Ruiz flew to right.

The Phils pounded Beachy in the inning, but with nothing to show for it. Another extra-base hit for Nix.

Lefty Jonny Venters started the eighth for Atlanta and got Galvis on a ground ball to short for the first out. Mayberry hit for Bastardo and flared a ball down the first base line that dropped in right, which was a double for the hustling Mayberry. Rollins followed Mayberry and singled into left, putting runners on first and third for Polanco. Polanco struck out swinging at a wild pitch, but the ball got far enough away to allow Mayberry to score from third (3-2) and Rollins, who was on the move, got credit for a stolen base of second. Victorino was next and hit a ball hard up the middle, off of Venters, for a single. It put men on first and third for Pence with two outs and righty Kris Medlen came in to pitch to Pence. Victorino was on the move when Pence hit what would have been a ground ball to second. But there was nobody there. It went into right center field for a single, plating Rollins to make it 4-2 and moving Victorino up to third. Wigginton struck out swinging to leave the runners at the corners.

Huge hit for Mayberry, bloop or no. Nice job running the bases by him to get a double out of it. Victorino on the move turns Pence’s ground out to second into an RBI-single.

Pierre hit for Qualls and flew to left to start the ninth. Ruiz and Galvis singled back-to-back, putting runners on first and second for Mayberry. Mayberry hit into a double-play to set the Phillies down.

Mayberry is hitting .216 for the year. He doesn’t have a walk in 51 plate appearances. Across both leagues, there are 253 players with at least 50 plate appearances and Colorado’s Ramon Hernandez is the only player other than Mayberry without a walk.

Pierre is 1-for-his-last-8.

Rollins was 2-for-4 in the game with a stolen base and a caught stealing. He’s 6-for-15 for the year (400/471/467) in his four games hitting leadoff.

Polanco 1-for-4. He’s 8-for-his-last-20 with two walks.

Victorino 1-for-4. 5-for-his-last-42 (119/140/286 over 43 plate appearances). For the year, he’s hitting 205/256/219 against right-handed pitchers and 303/333/870 against lefties. He has 23 at-bats against lefties for the season and has hit all four of his home runs against lefties.

Pence 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI to raise his average to .264. He’s 5-for-his-last-16.

Wigginton 1-for-4 with two RBI, two strikeouts and a non-error misplay at first. He’s tied with Ruiz for second on the team in RBI with ten.

Nix 1-for-3 with a double. He leads the team with five. He’s the only hitter on the team with an OPS over .838 (he’s at .910).

Ruiz was 1-for-4. He’s 8-for-his-last-19 with six RBI.

Galvis 1-for-4. He’s on-basing .227 for the year. 3-for-his-last-27 with a double and a walk.

Halladay (3-2, 1.95) faces righty Tommy Hanson (3-2, 3.00) tonight. The Phillies have lost the last two games that Halladay has started, although he allowed just five runs in 14 innings in the two outings combined. He still hasn’t allowed a home run on the year or gone less than seven innings in a start. Hanson has made five starts on the year and allowed more than two runs in just one of them. Lefties have had success against him in the early going, hitting 273/344/400 against him so far.