New York MetsvsPhiladelphia Phillies
NYM 6/PHI 4
Things to say
Mets beat the Phillies 6-4 at Citizens Bank Park.
01
opener
Mets snuck out of Philly with a 6-4 win. Quiet road game, but they hung four on the Phillies bullpen and never looked back. Citizens Bank was deflated by the seventh.
02
key player
Mets bats finally showed up in the heart of the order — about time someone left the yard against that Phillies pen.
03
hot take
Philly's manager went to the pen way too early. You've got a starter cruising, you let him work the seventh.
04
deep cut
Phillies are 40-35 and the Mets just clawed within six games at 34-41 — this NL East race is uglier than people think.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if the Mets can carry it into the next series — getaway day tomorrow.
The recap
Mets walked into Citizens Bank Park and snatched one, 6-4, which nobody saw coming given Philly's been the better club all year. No box-score heroes jumped off the page, but New York scratched across enough to hang four on the Phillies and the bullpen actually held the lead late for once.
Philly's bats just couldn't string anything together when it mattered, and you could feel the crowd deflate by the seventh. Getaway-day baseball, and the Mets stole the wallet on the way out.