Murphy had a two-run homer and d’Arnaud added a two-run double in the sixth.
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“You watch it on TV, and now to be a part of it, you understand”, Wright said after the game, via The New York Times.
“It couldn’t have been any better for me, personally, my first at-bat”, he said.
Bowa’s anger towards Murphy seems to have its roots in last night’s 16-7 shellacking, when the Mets hit eight home runs. The Mets are on fire: They’ve now scored at least 14 runs in three of the last four games, and since July 29, they have hit the most home runs in the majors (50). The Mets trailed 7-2 after the third inning.
The night started off rough with deGrom giving up 3 home runs and was out by the 3rd inning. 500 for the first time since finishing 89-73 in 2008. “I think he just got mad at everbody”. “I got a chance to experience that firsthand tonight, and it was a lot of fun”.
Hernandez came around to score on a three-run homer by Ryan Howard. Syndergaard collected his first road win in 10 career starts away from Citi Field thanks to the Mets’ sixth-inning rally.
The team’s captain returned after a 131-day absence, rehabbing back from a career-threatening case of spinal stenosis. Michael Cuddyer then followed up with a double later that inning, making Citizens Bank Park sound more like Citi Field for the visitors. It’s OK, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each morning, and find the things you need to see from within the SB Nation baseball network as well as from elsewhere. “And I feel like it’s more reactionary than thinking about it”, Wright said. This is the Phils’ first seven-game losing streak against the Mets since 1971-72, when they lost 10 straight.
AL Central leaders the Kansas City Royals were 8-3 winners at home to the Baltimore Orioles. The Tigers and White Sox collectively hit 12 in a 1995 nine-inning game. He gave up another run in the seventh, matching the five earned runs allowed by Morgan over the first 3⅔ innings. Galvis then cleared the right-field fence on a 2-0 pitch. Brown answered in the bottom half to extend the lead to 7-2.
Familia stranded two runners inherited from Clippard in the eighth by coaxing a groundout from Ruiz. Howard made New York pay with an opposite-field, two-run shot that put Philadelphia in front 4-3.
As Flores said, “It’s really fun being here right now”.
C Travis d’Arnaud went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs Monday against Philadelphia as the Mets’ offense continued to hum. Three other teams since 1990 – the Phillies in 1986, Indians in 1996 and Reds in 1999 – have notched 15 extra-base hits in a game.
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If the Mets can continue hitting on all cylinders, there may not be a team in the NL that will be able to prevent them from reaching the World Series for the first time since 1986.
