Phillies rock Wagner’s world, complete sweep of Mets

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Note To Mets: Don't Pitch To Burrell
Published 8/31/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... How many times does Pat Burrell need to kill the Mets before they just accept that there is some cosmic barrier that forbids them from retiring him in a big spot. Pat the Bat hit his 40th and 41st career home runs against the Mets yesterday to help the Phillies win a wild game 11-10, sweep a four-game series and close within just two games of the front-running not-so-Amazins. His second bomb came off Billy Wagner, a double delight for Phillie fans, in the eighth. Wagner got the early call because the rest of the pen has lost Willie Randolph's favor but he was spent after 20 pitches and got ransacked in the ninth. Chase Utley got the winning hit for the fifth straight win of an unforgettable week in Philadelphia. Utley's hit capped a game that saw the Mets craw ...