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05/16 22:07 CDT Mets beat Phillies 6-5 in 11 innings to avoid home-and-home
sweep
Mets beat Phillies 6-5 in 11 innings to avoid home-and-home sweep
By AARON BRACY
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Pete Alonso homered, J.D. Martinez hit a go-ahead single
in the 11th inning and the New York Mets overcame another blown save by Edwin
Daz, avoiding a four-game sweep in a home-and-home set with a 6-5 win over the
Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.
Starling Marte had two hits for the Mets, who followed a closed-door meeting
held by rookie manager Carlos Mendoza on Wednesday night by winning their
second game in the last seven.
"The guys continued to battle," Mendoza said. "Overall, what a great team win."
Kyle Schwarber and Alec Bohm hit RBI doubles for the major league-leading
Phillies (31-14), who lost for only the fourth time in 20 games. Philadelphia
is 10 games ahead of the Mets in the NL East.
"We were resilient the whole night and kept trying to find a way to come back,"
Schwarber said. "We just weren't able to get that big one at the end. New one
tomorrow."
The Phillies won twice in New York on Monday and Tuesday and took the opener of
the two-game series in Philadelphia on Wednesday. The rare home-and-home set
was scheduled to accommodate a two-game series between the teams June 8-9 in
London.
Daz gave up a run in the ninth as the Phillies tied it 4-all, his second
consecutive blown save and third in four chances since May 5.
"I feel really good," he said. "I just have to find a way to get the last out."
Neither team scored in the 10th, but the Mets went in front with two runs in
the 11th off Jos Alvarado (1-2).
Martinez grounded the first pitch into right field to score automatic runner
Francisco Lindor from second base, and Harrison Bader doubled to put runners on
second and third with no outs. Alvarado struck out the next two batters before
Martinez scored on a wild pitch.
Jorge Lpez (1-0) worked a scoreless inning and Jake Diekman pitched out of a
jam in the 11th for his first save since 2022 with Boston.
"Huge for us," Mets starter Jose Quintana said. "We stayed together."
Philadelphia loaded the bases with one out in the 11th and pulled within a run
on Bryson Stott's groundout. Diekman struck out Schwarber with runners on
second and third to end it after 3 hours, 29 minutes.
Schwarber hurled his bat toward the Philadelphia dugout.
"You want to thrive in those spots, not just personally, but you want to come
through for the team," he said.
The teams traded leads in the late innings.
After the Phillies went ahead with two runs in the sixth and one in the
seventh, the Mets regained the lead with a pair of runs in the eighth. Stott
tied it in the ninth with a one-out RBI single off Daz.
Alonso drove his 10th homer of the season 439 feet deep into the left-field
seats in the first.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Phillies: Philadelphia starter Taijuan Walker exited in the fourth with a
bruised left foot after getting hit by Marte's line drive. X-rays were
negative, and he'll be evaluated further on Friday. Walker allowed two runs and
four hits in 3 1/3 innings against his former team. ... SS Trea Turner
(strained left hamstring) took grounders before the game. Turner was injured on
May 3 and is expected to miss at least four more weeks.
Mets: OF Brandon Nimmo was a late scratch from the lineup due to illness.
UP NEXT
Mets: Rookie RHP Christian Scott (0-1, 2.84 ERA) faces Marlins LHP Jess
Luzardo (0-3, 5.97) on Friday night in the first of three games at Miami.
Phillies: RHP Zack Wheeler (4-3, 2.53 ERA) opposes Nationals RHP Jake Irvin
(2-3, 3.55) in the opener of a three-game set Friday night.
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