PHILADELPHIA — After weeks of claiming they should get higher, the Mets did, in actual fact, play higher in a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.
The group has averted the cliche saying of taking part in one sport at a time, however they’ve acknowledged that it makes little sense to look forward proper now when they’re nonetheless trying up at three different groups within the NL East standings. They’re attempting to not panic within the midst of a disastrous season.
So hours after a disastrous sport, they cleaned up some facets of their sport. They caught routine popups and made routine groundouts. The Phillies tied the sport and the Mets pushed again.
Max Scherzer tossed six innings in a gritty, 107-pitch efficiency the Mets (35-41) badly wanted. The ace cruised by way of the primary three innings earlier than working into bother within the third with a leadoff residence run by Nick Castellanos. The injury was minimal, however the Mets’ lead was lower in half, 2-1. The Phillies (39-37) tied the sport within the fifth when Brandon Marsh doubled and Trea Turner singled by way of the left facet to drive him residence.
Scherzer’s fastball was shedding juice. Castellanos singled and stole second. But he struck out Bryce Harper utilizing largely off-speed choices to finish the inning and get out of a second-and-third jam.
The veteran exited after giving up two runs on seven hits, strolling one and placing out eight. He struck out Kyle Schwarber trying 3 times.
In the highest of the sixth, the Mets chased left-hander Christopher Sanchez from the sport and loaded the bases with no outs on Yunior Marte. Pete Alonso hit right into a pressure out to attain one and with runners on the corners, Tommy Pham poked a single by way of the fitting facet to attain one other and make it 4-2.
Starling Marte hit his fourth residence run of the season within the first inning off Sanchez to place the Mets up 1-0. Luis Guillorme’s triple helped them go up 2-0 earlier than the Phillies tied it. The Mets stayed affected person and chronic.
Brooks Raley, Adam Ottavino and David Robertson locked down the lead. With the assistance of inning-ending double performs within the eighth and ninth, Robertson bought the ultimate 5 outs of the sport for his eleventh save of the season. Robertson had almost per week in between outings as a result of the Mets didn’t have any high-leverage innings to make use of him for during the last week, which reveals how issues have been going for the group currently.
Robertson, who went to Philadelphia in a commerce from the Chicago Cubs final season, obtained his NL championship ring at residence plate previous to the beginning of the sport. Justin Verlander obtained his World Series ring earlier than the primary sport of this six-game highway journey in Houston on Monday. It was a reminder of higher days with different groups.
The Mets hope higher days are forward with this group, however trying forward any additional previous Sunday’s collection finale will assist nobody.
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