The hot Phillies ran into the slightly hotter Marlins, and the Fish won. Coupled with the Mets breaking a tie game open with four runs in the eighth--rookie OF Daniel Murphy needs to start every game until the end of the regular season--and the Mets go back on top of the NL East.
The Mets will seal the deal next week, agains thte Cubs, whose magic number dropped to one with the Reds taking out the Brew Crew.