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Mayberry lined a pinch-hit RBI single off closer Brandon Lyon that capped a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros 5-4.On a day when Brett Myers nearly stuck it to his old team by outdueling Roy Halladay, the Phillies had some comeback drama on Opening Day.”It’s all I can ask for for my first Opening Day,” said Mayberry, son of former major leaguer John Mayberry, a two-time All-Star in the 1970s. “My parents were here . Philadelphia Phillies Jerseys It’s a special day for us.”Trailing 4-2 to start the ninth, the Phillies got going when Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard started with singles off Lyon. After Raul Ibanez popped up, Rollins stole third and Ben Francisco lined an RBI single. Carlos Ruiz followed with a single and Wilson Valdez hit a tying single that kept the bases loaded with one out.Mayberry then sent a shot over drawn-in center fielder Michael Bourn, kicking off a celebration after he touched first base. He then got that pie in his face during a postgame interview.Myers, the Phillies’ opening day starter from 2007-09, allowed two runs — one earned — and three hits in seven innings.
Sporting a long, bushy goatee,NBA Boston Celtics, Myers threw just 85 pitches, partly because he didn’t have any strikeouts. The Phillies didn’t even swing and miss against him until the seventh, but they didn’t hit the ball too hard despite making plenty of contact — until the ninth.”I didn’t pay attention to the pitch count,” Myers said. “I could have gone to 120 if I had to.”Halladay, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, allowed one run and five hits, striking out six in six innings. Myers had two of those hits.The Astros broke through against Halladay in the sixth. Angel Sanchez led off with an infield single on a slow grounder that rolled under second baseman Valdez’s glove. MLB Jerseys Hunter Pence followed with a double off the fence in right center. Sanchez scored on Bill Hall’s one-out groundout to give Houston a 1-0 lead.Halladay departed after that inning and the Astros tacked on three more runs in the seventh. Brett Wallace singled off reliever J.C. Romero, and reliever David Herndon allowed a single to Humberto Quintero. After Myers sacrificed, Bourn hit a triple to right-center for a 3-0 lead. Sanchez followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0.
The Phillies cut the deficit in half in the bottom half. Placido Polanco walked, Rollins singled and they advanced on Quintero’s passed ball. A sacrifice fly by Howard and RBI groundout by Ibanez got the Phillies within 4-2.Halladay struck out five of the first eight batters he faced and didn’t allow a runner until Myers punched a single to center in the third. Myers’ hit surprised even his teammates, who chuckled in the dugout.Myers had something to do with that. Cheap Jerseys Wholesale He picked up where he left off last year. A former first-round pick by the Phillies, Myers was 14-8 with a 3.14 ERA in his first season with the Astros and pitched at least six innings in 32 of his 33 starts.The four-time NL East champion Phillies became instant favorites to win their second World Series title in four years after signing Cliff Lee in December. But injuries took a toll in the spring and they entered the season without Utley, their five-time All-Star second baseman, and closer Brad Lidge.