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Aug 8, 2010 - 4:00 AM By SANTOSH VENKATARAMAN STATS Senior Writer

New York (54-55) at Philadelphia (61-48), 1:35 p.m. EDT

A day after their longest home winning streak in 19 years ended, the Philadelphia Phillies must be very confident they won't lose again Sunday at Citizens Bank Park with Roy Halladay on the mound.

The Phillies ace has been brilliant at home recently, has already dominated the New York Mets once this year and now faces them in the first of two straight outings in this series finale.

Halladay (13-8, 2.17 ERA) is 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA in his last three outings, striking out nine each time. His return to the site of his perfect game May 29 was a successful one Tuesday, as he allowed one run in seven innings of a 6-1 victory at Florida.

"You feel like every time he's out there, good things should happen," right fielder Ben Francisco said. "He has lived up to it this year. We've probably put a lot of pressure on him, but he has been good every night out, and it makes it pretty easy on us."

Halladay has been extremely tough in his last five starts at Citizens Bank Park, going 4-0 with a 0.43 ERA. It's where he faced the Mets (55-55) in his lone start against them this year, pitching a three-hitter in a 10-0 victory May 1.

The right-hander also is slated to pitch against New York next weekend at Citi Field. Halladay didn't face Carlos Beltran earlier this season, and the Mets center fielder is 11 for 27 against him.

The Phillies (61-49) had won 12 straight at home - their longest streak since a 16-game run in 1991 - before losing 1-0 to the Mets on Saturday. New York improved to 5-3 against Philadelphia this year as Johan Santana pitched into the eighth inning to outduel Cole Hamels, who gave up a homer to Jeff Francoeur in the seventh.

Francoeur came up with his second go-ahead homer on this road trip, having hit a solo shot in the ninth inning Tuesday in a 3-2 win at Atlanta. His latest came on a day when he was told by manager Jerry Manuel that he would platoon with Fernando Martinez.

"If my name is in the lineup, I'll play," Francoeur said. "That's all I can do."

Philadelphia has been shut out four times by New York and scored one run in the other defeat. The Phillies have totaled 28 runs in their three wins over the Mets.

The Phillies managed five hits Saturday, including a single by Raul Ibanez that extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Ibanez is batting .418 with three homers and 13 RBIs in that span.

Philadelphia dropped two games behind the first-place Braves in the NL East race.

The Phillies will get a second look at Mets starter R.A. Dickey (7-4, 2.36), who baffled them by giving up seven hits over six innings in an 8-0 win May 25.

That marked the second straight game the Phillies failed to score against a knuckleballer after Tim Wakefield pitched eight scoreless innings against them in Boston's 8-3 win May 23. Philadelphia fared better in its second game against Wakefield, scoring four runs off him in a 5-3 win June 13.

The Phillies will look for similar improvement against Dickey, who allowed two runs over six innings Tuesday and did not get a decision against the Braves. The right-hander is 0-3 with a 2.63 ERA in his last six road outings heading into his first start at Philadelphia.