NEW YORK -- Jay Bruce felt his balky right calf flare up on Friday, but the Mets were far more concerned with where the right fielder was mentally. On a day where the club scored nine runs on 11 hits to take the first game of a three-game series against the Phillies at Citi Field, Bruce went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts.
After fanning on a 94-mph two-seam fastball from Philadelphia reliever Frank Herrmann in the seventh inning, Bruce walked toward the Mets' dugout to a chorus of boos, a song that has been orchestrated with more and more frequency over the last couple of weeks.