The Phillies came back off the All Star Break with a rest and a great win down in Florida for the first game of the three game series on Friday night. The Mets have briefly tied the Phillies for first place and now are only  1/2 games behind the Phils as the Phillies were unable to win Saturday’s game down in Florida 9-5. The Mets can still be tied for first with a win with their game being played later tonight.

  The Phils had some offensive power in Saturday’s game and even had the bases loaded in the last of the ninth with a chance to tie the game and send it into extra innings. They went lost struggling at least and were unable to get that hit or hits that would have tied the game. The pesky Marlins will not go away quietly. On the Fox Saturday broadcast of the game, the broadcasters spoke of the young guys on that Marlins team being hungry and they don’t care who they play, they think they can go out there and beat any team on any given game.

   The Phillies play division teams for the rest of the year for the most part, they will face the Marlins 10 more times, hopefully they can learn the secret of winning against them because each loss from now till the end of the season could be a painful one when it comes down to making it into the playoffs.