(Sports Network) Lucas Duda's pinch-hit, three-run double highlighted New York's five-run seventh inning, as the Mets halted the NL East-leading Phillies' 11-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory.
Despite the loss, Philadelphia's magic number to clinch the division is at two with seven games to play. The Braves beat the Nationals on Saturday but still trail the Phillies by six games.
Jose Reyes went 2-for-5 with an RBI double in the game-altering seventh, helping the Mets snap a season-high six-game skid.
New York's Dillon Gee (2-1) tossed a quality start for the fourth consecutive outing to start his career. The 24-year-old rookie was touched for two runs on five hits and two walks in seven innings to earn the win.
Kyle Kendrick (10-10) was charged with the loss after giving up four runs -- three earned -- on six hits over 6 1/3 innings.
"I was happy with the way I threw, but we lost the game so it's mixed emotions," Kendrick said.
Chase Utley singled in front of Ryan Howard's towering shot to right-center in the first inning.
"I just tried to locate my fastball and keep them off balance after the Howard home run," Gee said. "I just tried to bear down from there and not leave the ball in the middle of the plate again."
The slugger's 31st home run of the season was the only offense for either team until the Mets batted around in the seventh.
A Howard error, along with a pair of singles, loaded the bases with one out for Josh Thole, whose base hit knocked in David Wright.
Chad Durbin relieved Kendrick and was greeted by Duda's line drive that found the right-field gap and rolled to the wall, scoring all three runners easily. Two batters later, Reyes doubled to make it 5-2.
After Gee stranded a runner in scoring position in the seventh, Elmer Dessens and Pedro Feliciano combined to throw a perfect eighth.
Hisanori Takahashi started on the mound in the ninth and walked Howard on four pitches before retiring the next three hitters for his eighth save of the season.
Game Notes:
The Phillies were on their longest winning streak since a 13-game stretch in 1991...The last time the Mets lost more than six consecutive games was during an 11-game losing streak in 2004...Jerry Manuel earned the 700th of his managerial career and his 200th with the Mets...The Phillies still lead the season series, 9-8...In their home finale on Sunday, the Phillies will send lefty Cole Hamels to the hill opposite Pat Misch...Former NL MVP Jimmy Rollins is expected to start at shortstop for the Phillies in the series finale after being sidelined since September 8 due to a strained right hamstring.