Kendrick, Phillies beat Mets 3-1

[August 16, 2010]  NEW YORK (AP) -- Kyle Kendrick toyed with New York's sputtering offense into the seventh inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies ended the Mets' miserable week by beating them 3-1 on Sunday night.

Jimmy Rollins stole two bases and Shane Victorino swiped another to help manufacture two-out runs for the banged-up Phillies. Jayson Werth tripled and reached base three times as Philadelphia won the final two games of the three-game series after snapping their 38-inning scoreless streak at Citi Field.

With a whimper, the Mets ended a trying week in which a civil suit was filed against ace Johan Santana by the woman who accused him of raping her -- no charges were filed -- last year in Florida and their closer was charged with third-degree assault for allegedly beating his girlfriend's father outside the family room at Citi Field.

[Associated Press; By HOWIE RUMBERG]

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