PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Randy Wolf had to sweat out the end but he was on right from the start.

Wolf logged eight scoreless inning before tiring in the ninth and Pat Burrell homered and drove in two runs as the Philadelphia Phillies posted a 5-4 triumph over the New York Mets .

Wolf (1-1) had never beaten the Mets in nine prior home appearances but was in control throughout in this one. Through eight innings, he allowed six singles, did not walk a batter and struck out five.

However, before improving to 6-4 lifetime vs. New York, Wolf had to endure a brutal ninth. He gave up three hits and a run to start the inning and Phillies manager Charlie Manuel opted for reliever Tim Worrell .

Worrell struck out Mike Piazza looking but surrendered a long home run to Cliff Floyd that got New York within 5-4. However, Worrell rebounded to strike out David Wright and retire Doug Mientkiewicz on a sharp ground ball to second base.

Worrell notched his first save of the season as Philadelphia won its third straight game after losing three in a row.

"A win is a win no matter how it comes," Wolf said. "It is good to get one under our belt and keep the way we are playing alive."

"Every single pitch he threw today was for a strike," Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran said. "So it's tough when you see a pitcher that has so much confidence in every single pitch and also throws strikes. You don't know what to look for."

Wolf had no problem giving way to Worrell.

"I have a lot of faith in Timmy," added Wolf. "The more he is out there the better he is going to get. I think everybody was shocked when (Floyd) swung 3-0. The main thing is that he settled down and got two outs and we were able to win that game."

Mets starter Kaz Ishii (0-2) ran into immediate trouble in the first, surrendering a leadoff single to Jimmy Rollins and walking Placido Polanco and Bobby Abreu . Ishii fell behind Burrell, who grounded a single into left for a 1-0 lead.

After Jim Thome struck out, Jason Michaels lofted a long sacrifice fly.

New York has been outscored, 16-4, in the opening inning this season.

Ishii escaped a jam in the second but allowed a leadoff homer to Burrell in the third. Thome followed Burrell with a groundout but Michaels singled and scored on David Bell 's long two-base hit.

Burrell has 26 homers and 70 RBI in 303 career at-bats against New York.

Bell plated Michaels with another double in the fifth, pushing Philadelphia's lead to 5-0.

"I am just trying to contribute so it is nice to get a couple of hits," said Bell, who snapped an 0-for-17 slump Sunday.

Ishii was tagged for five runs and six hits in five innings, walking six and striking out two. The Japanese lefthander is 0-3 lifetime in five career appearances against the Phillies.

"I was struggling a little bit with my cutter," said Ishii through an interpreter. "That kind of threw me off more than I would have liked."

"I don't know if he's a work in progress," said Mets manager Willie Randolph about Ishii. "Obviously, he has command problems - at times. He'll get better as we go along. He's gonna be in the rotation and we're gonna just have to hope for the most part that he has his rhythm when it's time for him to pitch."

Beltran had his 1,000th career hit, driving home a run with a single in the ninth.

The Mets have lost two straight after a six-game winning streak.

The Phillies have not walked a batter in 33 innings and the starters have allowed just 15 in 13 games.

"This is the best stretch of starting pitching I have had in my time in the majors," Manuel said.

"It is just something that we are all pulling for each other and taking pride in what we are doing as a staff," Wolf said.

Mets reliever Felix Heredia left the game in the sixth inning with weakness at the base of his left thumb. He will be sent back to New York Tuesday for further evaluation.