Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard had one of his best games of the season Saturday against the Mets. He went 3 for 4 for his sixth multi-hit game in the last 10, and his hits were big ones.
Howard opened with a two-run single in the first and followed with solo home runs in the fourth and fifth innings, his first two-homer game of the season. Ryan drove in four runs and scored two in an 8-7 win.
Howard is hitting .358 with three home runs and 15 RBI in June, after batting .254 through the first two months of the season.