Relive Phillies’ wild triumph over Mets

MLB.com/Live to air Philadelphia’s epic 13-inning affair from Aug. 26.

Throughout the quest for a World Series championship, teams always encounter certain “defining moments.”

For the Phillies in 2008, their Aug. 26 game against the Mets might have been one of them.

Philadelphia was being shut out, trailing by seven runs to future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez. But the Phils came back to tie it and, after five hours and 17 minutes, won it on a walk-off single in the bottom of the 13th.

Going into that game, the Phillies had dropped nine of their previous 13 meetings to the division-rival Mets. But after Chris Coste singled past a drawn-in infield for a thrilling 8-7 win in front of 45,204 at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia was in sole possession of first place in the National League East for the first time since Aug. 12.

We all know what happened after that.

“If we go on to win the division, this will be the game to look back on,”