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Cabrera, Reyes help Mets rout Phils 17-0 in home finale

The Philadelphia Phillies look to play spoiler after winning seven of their last 12 games. The answer to that question was an emphatic yes, as the Mets (83-73) scored a season high 17 runs to pummel the Phillies (70-86) by three scores on a football Sunday.

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– Later in the inning, Phillies’ right-hander Jake Thompson walked Jose Reyes with the bases loaded and two outs, giving NY its third run of the game.

Bruce heard chants of “Bruuuuuuuce” rather than “boooooo” when he followed Saturday night’s pinch-hit home run with a double to left-center field against Jake Thompson in the second inning.

The Mets began their game Saturday with a one-game lead over St. Louis and San Francisco for the top NL wild-card spot. The Mets had to use six relievers after calling on 16 pitchers during the first two games of the series.

NY improved to 23-11 on its stretch run with another pitching performance from a surprise fill-in.

Steven Matz remains a question mark also and there is speculation that he might be done for the season joining Jacob deGrom for a date with surgery. Gsellman made his big league debut on August 23.

“It really kind of sunk in today that it was the last regular season homestand”, Syndergaard said.

New York’s previous high for runs in a shutout was 14, against the Chicago Cubs in 1965 and Cincinnati in 1998. NY scored 25 unanswered runs after falling behind 10-0 in the fourth inning Saturday night.

The Phillies sent 11 to the plate in the first, making more work for New York’s exhausted bullpen. 7, 2013. “When the first pitch left his hand, the first thought is “oh wow, this is something special, ‘” Mets manager Terry Collins said”. “Our bullpen was shot”.

Perhaps it was only fitting then that the Mets would go out and beat the Phillies 10-5 as Michael Conforto led the way with a double and a three run homer to cap a five run fifth inning that put the game away. More importantly, the Mets now have a one game advantage on both teams in the critical loss column. They let go of Daniel Murphy, re-signed Yoenis Cespedes and let their bullpen get worse.

Philadelphia’s Maikel Franco and Darin Ruf each hit long a home run for the second consecutive night as Philadelphia built a 10-0 lead by the fourth. He hit a batter and surrendered a home run to Curtis Granderson on a pitch that caught too much of the plate.

Now the Mets head to Miami, where Fernandez will be honored before Monday’s game against the Marlins.

Jose Fernandez was supposed to pitch on Sunday for the Marlins against the Atlanta Braves.

“Not close to hitting”, Collins said.

The Mets made sure Gsellman would get a well earned win by tacking on even more offense in the seventh.

Cespedes, a fellow Cuban native, said he didn’t know Fernandez well but said he and his teammates all felt the weight of the tragedy. “I talked to Nick”, manager Brad Ausmus said. Things didn’t turn out rosy as the Mets fell behind by 10 runs before a bunch of inspired reserves led a comeback against the Phillies which fell short, a 10-8 loss before 39,995 at Citi Field.

RANGERS 5, ATHLETICS 0 The lone veteran in the lineup a day after Texas won another AL West title, Elvis Andrus hit a pair of two-run home runs in the team’s victory against host Oakland.

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Fueled by its bench brigade, NY scored four unearned runs in the fifth and scored twice in the sixth – on an RBI double by rookie Gavin Cecchini and an RBI single by fellow rookie T.J. Rivera – before Cecchini added another run-scoring double in the eighth to close the gap to 10-7. Phillies pitchers also walked nine and threw three wild pitches.

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