Howard, Franco lead Phillies to 4-2 win over Mets (Yahoo Sports)

Ryan Howard homered and Maikel Franco singled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-2 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday night. Carlos Ruiz doubled and had two hits for the fourth-place Phillies, who have won 11 of 15. Jose Reyes and Travis d'Arnaud drove in the runs for the Mets, who have dropped four of five since All-Star slugger Yoenis Cespedes was injured.