The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. The game took place at Citizens
Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 9-6. Max Scherzer started for the Mets
and pitched well just not for long. Pete Alonso led the offense with three hits and five RBI.
Scherzer pitched five innings giving up five hits and a run with three walks and seven strikeouts. Scherzer
won his second game of the season. Sean Reid-Foley pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two
runs with a walk, Joely Rodriguez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two runs with two walks and a
strikeout and Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up two hits. Seth Lugo pitched a perfect inning
with two strikeouts and Edwin Diaz pitched an inning with a hit and a run and he struck out one.
Aaron Nola pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts.
Nola lost his first game of the season, Seranthony Dominguez pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and
a run with two strikeouts, Damon Jones pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two
walks and a strikeout and Connor Brogdon pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs.
Jose Alvarado pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Bailey Falter pitched two innings giving up
a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.
Brandon Nimmo had a hit, RBI and drew two walks, Francisco Lindor had a hit and drew a walk and
Starling Marte had two hits and an RBI. Alonso had three hits and five RBI, Eduardo Escobar had a hit
and drew three walks and Dom Smith had an RBI. Jeff McNeil had an RBI, Tomas Nido had a hit and
Alonso hit two doubles. Lindor hit a double, Escobar hit a triple and Nimmo and Alonso each hit a
homerun. The Mets were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Marte had
an outfield assist.
Kyle Schwarber drew a walk, J.T. Realmuto had a hit and drew a walk and Bryce Harper had a hit, an
RBI and drew two walks. Nick Castellanos had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Jean Segura had a
hit, Alec Bohm had an RBI and Didi Gregorius drew a walk. Johan Camargo had two hits, Bryson Stott
had two hits and two RBI. Matt Vierling had an RBI, Castellanos hit two doubles and Harper hit a homer.
The Phillies were 5-15 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.
In the third Nimmo hit a homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the fourth Alonso hit an RBI double
pushing the lead to 2-0. McNeil was hit by a pitch extending the lead to 3-0. In the bottom of the fourth
Stott hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 3-1. In the fifth Alonso hit an RBI double making it 4-1. In the
sixth Marte hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 5-1. Alonso hit a three-run homerun extending the lead
to 8-1. In the bottom of the sixth Stott hit an RBI groundout, Vierling hit an RBI groundout and the lead
was cut to 8-3. In the bottom of the seventh Castellanos hit an RBI double, Bohm hit a sac fly and it was
8-5. In the ninth Smith hit a sac fly to make it 9-5 and in the bottom of the ninth Harper hit a solo homer
cutting the lead to 9-6 which would be the final score. The Mets will be off on Thursday and start a three
game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday at home.
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