Phillies-Mets game notes: Lee vs. Young

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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Posted: 12:30 p.m.

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Phillies (18-8) vs. Mets (11-16), 8 p.m., ESPN

Starting Pitchers
Phillies: Cliff Lee. Lee is 2-2 with a 4.18 ERA and is coming off two sub-par efforts. He gave up three runs in six innings against Milwaukee and struggled in a loss to Arizona on Monday.

Mets: Chris Young. Young held the Phillies to one run in just under six innings on April 5, and beat Cole Hamels and the Phils, 7-1.

Previous games
The Phillies and Vance Worley beat the Mets on Friday, 10-3 and Roy Halladay pitched a complete-game gem on Saturday in a 2-1 win.

Head-to-head
The Mets have scored just one run in the last 22 innings against Phillies starters. The Phillies have won four of the five meetings between the teams this season.

Whos hot?
After going 12 for 24 on the Phils' recent road trip, Polanco had two hits in five at-bats on Friday and went 2 for 3 on Saturday with an RBI. He is batting .398 for the season.

For the Mets, Ike Davis had an 11-game hitting streak broken on Saturday by Roy Halladay.

Storylines
The Phillies are riding a five-game winning streak after they lost the first two to the Diamondbacks in the previous series. They have a chance to sweep the Mets for the first time this year.

Sound off
Should the Phillies be worried about pitch counts for their starters?

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