The victory single from Starling Marte, which promoted Pete Alonso from the second base in the decline of the tenth entrance, gave the New York Mets a 4-3 victory and a sweep on the Phillies of Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field.
After the Philis were advanced by a race in the upper part of the extra entrance, Alonso connected a double that promoted the tie race, its 25th. promoted of the season, to tie the game against reliever Jordan Romano.
Brandon Nimmo then received an intentional ball base before Mark winds struggled for the second out, preparing the land for Mars, who had entered as an emerging hitter in the novena.
With the 1-0 account above, he connected an 87 mph slider that diverted his bat to the central garden, hitting soft enough for Alonso to score from Second.
“Being able to help the team, it feels very good to see them smile and join that way,” said Marte. “(My bat) broke into a thousand pieces. I think the most important thing was to put the bat on the ball at that time. That was a key part of that break to the bat, that the bat diverted so that Pete scored.”
With this, the Mets (18-7) extended their streak of victories to seven games, now have a 12-1 mark at home this season and an advantage of five games over the Phillies, seconds at the top of the East Division of the National League.
“It’s always good to win games, win series, especially when you play against teams from your division,” said the manager of the Mets, Carlos Mendoza.
“But understand that it is just April and we will see those boys much more, and they are a good team. It happens that we are playing very well. As I said last night, it will be a fun summer … but we know that we are fine. We just have to continue taking care of the land and control what we can control.”
The Phillies took the lead in the upper part of the tenth entrance when Nick Castellanos drove Bryce Harper’s ghost corridor, who stole the third base seconds before the Mets closer, Edwin Díaz, who has never had the predilection of holding runners. He left the game moments later with cramps in the hip, that both he and Mendoza implored that they were not serious.
His replacement, Max Kranick, filled the bases, but the side of the first base, achieved a couple of high to limit the damage, a significant retention considering that he entered the game hurriedly.
“He was incredible today,” said Mendoza. “On a day when we stayed away from him … he enters there, in a very difficult situation, he continues to launch, he continues to attack. The moment is never too big for him.”
The defense of the Mets shone by keeping the game tied for nine entries. While Juan Soto’s bat has not yet given his maximum impact, his arm did it in the upper part of the eighth entrance to extend the afternoon.
With corridors in First and Second with two outs, Castellanos tried to score from 55 meters away with Max Kepler’s single to the right garden against reliever José Butto.
Soto fired a single blow to the plate, with its launch to but the Hayden Senger receiver managed to control and apply a touched touch to a Castilian who slipped to keep the tie at two.
“That was an incredible play,” Alonso said. “Juan made a great play when he entered and launched a rocket. Senger did a good job with his feet to play the pitcher. A phenomenal play.”
Although the play seemed close enough to challenge her, the manager of the Phillies, Rob Thomson, arrived too late to request it, which perhaps allowed the Mets to get rid of the hurry.
First home run
Brett Bitch contributed the only other Mets races on the day, a two -run homer in the second entrance.
The starter of the Mets, David Peterson, came out of a squeeze with the full bases created by two singles and a third wind error with an out in the second entrance.
The left -handed man made Johan Rojas to make a elevated to the right garden (Alec Bohm chose not to test Soto’s arm and tried to play from the third) and that Trea Turner connected a roll to force the out and close the entrance.
Bathy rewarded his left-handed partner for the escape in the lower entrance by connecting his first home run with two outs and one man based, giving the METS a 2-0 advantage.
The second base, in the middle of a battle for its position at the imminent return of Jeff McNeil, pounced on the 1-0-0 line of the Phillies opener, Zack Wheeler, and threw it 425 feet to the second floor of the stands of the right garden. He left the bat to 113.9 mph.
“It is something that I will have to talk to (the president of baseball operations, David Stearns) now and see what we do,” said Mendoza, while continuing to reflect on whether Baty will be sent to Triple-A. “It’s playing well.”
The Phillies responded in a fourth four -hits input, connecting three consecutive singles to boost a couple of races: Rojas and Turner with the driving hits to tie the game.
That was all Peterson allowed despite a day with a lot of traffic in the bases.
In 5.1 tickets, it allowed eight hits with only two strikeouts and a ball base. After granting eight balls per ball in its first two openings of the 2025 season, it has only granted a ball base in its last three (16.2 entries).
Wheeler managed to launch six tickets with ease, allowing only two hits and two bases per ball after Baty homer.
(With Joe Pantorno, Amny.com report)
