The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night. The game took place at
Citizens Bank Park and the final score was 8-7. Taijuan Walker started for the Mets and he was bad. The
bullpen was good and Starling Marte led the offense with three hits.
Walker pitched four innings giving up nine hits and seven runs with six earned. He walked two and struck
out two, Chasen Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and struck out one and Adonis Medina
pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and struck out one. Medina won his first game of the season. Edwin
Diaz pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and earned his sixth save of the season.
Aaron Nola started for the Phillies and pitched seven innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk
and seven strikeouts. Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, James Norwood pitched
1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and four runs and Corey Knebel pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up
four hits and three runs with a strikeout. Knebel lost his second game of the season and blew his first
save.
Brandon Nimmo had a hit and two RBI, Marte had three hits and two RBI and Francisco Lindor had
a hit and two RBI. Pete Alonso had two hits, Jeff McNeil had two hits and drew a walk and Mark Canha
had a hit and an RBI. J.D. Davis had a hit and an RBI, Alonso, Davis and Marte each hit a double.
Marte and Lindor each hit a homerun. The Mets were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left
four on base. Lindor and McNeil each committed an error.
Kyle Schwarber had a hit and drew a walk, Alec Bohm had two hits and Bryce Harper had two hits
and two RBI. Nick Castellanos had a hit and three RBI, J.T. Realmuto had a hit and an RBI and Rhys
Hoskins drew a walk. Jean Segura had three hits and an RBI, Odubel Herrera had two hits and Harper,
Schwarber and Bohm each hit a double. Harper and Castellanos each hit a homer. The Phillies were
4-16 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.
In the first Harper hit an RBI double and Castellanos hit an RBI groundout to make it a 2-0 game.
Realmuto hit an RBI single and Segura hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 4-0. In the second
Castellanos hit into a force out and a run scored making it 4-0. In the bottom of the fourth Harper hit a
solo homer extending the lead to 6-0. Castellanos hit a solo homer and it was 7-0. In the sixth Marte
hit a solo homer cutting the lead to 7-1. In the ninth Lindor hit a two-run homer making it 7-3, Canha hit
an RBI single and Davis hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 7-5. Nimmo hit a two-run single and Marte
hit an RBI double to give the Mets an 8-7 lead and that would be the final. It was an amazing comeback
by the Mets.
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