Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Mets 11, Philadelphia 2
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 16, 2011
Where: Citi Field, New York, New York
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 41166

Scott Hairston homered and drove in a career-high five runs as the New York Mets cruised to an 11-2 home victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.

With All-Star Carlos Beltran sitting out with the flu, Hairston gave the Mets' offense a boost by belting a two-run double in the third and a three-run homer in the seventh. He entered the game with just 13 RBIs.

Daniel Murphy added a solo homer in the fifth for New York, which snapped a three-game losing skid with just its fourth win in 11 meetings this season against Philadelphia.

The offensive outburst was more than enough for Jonathon Niese (9-7), who allowed two runs on six hits and struck out six to collect his sixth victory in eight decisions.

Cole Hamels (11-5) permitted seven runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings to fall to 3-10 in his career against the Mets.

Jimmy Rollins and Raul Ibanez had two hits apiece for Philadelphia, which fell for just the seventh time in 20 games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia   NY Mets
Cole Hamels Player Jon Niese
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 7.0
3 Strikeouts 6
8 Hits 6
14.54 ERA 1.29
Hitting
Philadelphia   NY Mets
Raul Ibanez Player Scott Hairston
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 5
0 HR 1
2 TB 8
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Philadelphia 7 0 7 .200 16 9 1 2 0 0
NY Mets 15 2 26 .405 13 6 11 5 1 2