The game on May 1 in Philadelphia became a moment of peace in the rivalry during the top of the ninth inning . Mets ' Daniel Murphy was batting as a pinch-hitter against Phillies ' reliever Ryan Madson when the fans started chanting " U-S-A ! " The Phillies did n't know the reason for the chants , but in the Mets ' dugout , bench coach Ken Oberkfell told Manager Terry Collins that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden , the mastermind of the September 11 attacks , had been killed by United States special operations forces in Abbottabad , Pakistan . Shane Victorino later told the Phillies the news . However , when asked how they learned about it during an on-air telephone call with '' Mike and Mike in the Morning '' on ESPN Radio the next day , he said that a trainer in the dugout broke the news . Ryan Howard called the news " an uplifting moment , " while Victorino said it was " a special moment ... for families ... who ... lost their loved ones ... ( on ) 9/11 " and " a big day in American history . " On the Mets ' side , David Wright called it " just an incredible moment and ... you kind of come together ... for a common cause " , while Collins said that the Mets 2 &ndash; 1 , 14-inning win behind Ronny Paulino 's game-winning RBI double in his Mets debut was " a good win for us , and obviously a huge win for America tonight " , but felt they " could have finished the game two hours ago and celebrated a little bit of it . " Mike Lopresti of '' USA Today '' called the game between the rivals " a perfect fit " when the news broke , while Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com called the peace in the rivalry " fitting " for a Mets fan , and said that it drew parallels to their 3 &ndash; 2 win over rival Atlanta Braves on September 21 , 2001 in the first major sporting event in New York City since the attacks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Mets–Phillies rivalry