NY has taken 12 of its past 14 series with Philadelphia. Yoenis Cespedes finished Hellickson off with a three-run blast in the fourth.
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“The amusing thing about it is we are 11-and-11 in the month of August”, Mackanin said.
Asdrubal Cabrera answered in the bottom of the inning with his third home run in two nights. Jay Bruce, the Mets recent acquistion at the trading deadline was not in the lineup and some of his struggles at the plate, batting.161 in 81 at bats since coming to NY prompted the move to sit him.
Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson (10-8) took the loss after allowing five runs, seven hits and three walks while striking out four in four innings. New York Mets’ Wilmer Flores hits a grand slam during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in New York.
Saturday’s outburst gave them nine or more runs in three straight games for the first time since 2012.
Thor seems to be riding a second wind, and that led to his third win in as many starts.
“They’re an aggressive lineup”. Yeah, it’s a good lineup that’s hot right now. Meanwhile it’s wait until next year for the Phillies (59-70, 29-37 road) who have lost 12 of their last 14 series vs. the Mets. “Didn’t really have much”. Then I fell behind and had three walks in four innings.
Mets: LHP Steven Matz (shoulder) threw a bullpen and is expected to throw another one before coming off the disabled list to start Thursday against Miami rather than Wednesday, Collins said.
He’s the most beloved pitcher to ever taken an at-bat in the Mets’ history.
The current hot stretch follows a 34-game stretch in which NY went 13-21 and scored three runs or fewer 18 times.
“The energy is just different in the room right now”, Mets manager Terry Collins said. He improved to 4-0 with a 1.03 ERA in four career starts against the Phillies. Walker tied his career high of 23 home runs set in 2014. “I see improvements. Sure, the home runs and the numbers will tell you different, but I see improvements”, Morgan said. “But after that, nothing”, Mackanin said.
But if the Mets get the sweep Sunday afternoon, then they can start to think ahead about definitely being in this wild card chase to the end.
“The waves of emotion are getting farther and farther apart, which is a good thing”, Ellis said. “I’ve started feeling re-energized, filled with a sense of objective as to why I’ve been placed here and why this is where I need to be at this time, so I’m excited about that”.
“I just know that I’m learning”.
To open a roster spot for Ellis, the Phillies optioned touted catching prospect Jorge Alfaro back to Double-A Reading after he spent one day in the big leagues on the bench. Mariot immediately got into trouble, loading the bases to start the inning.
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With the score 1-all in the seventh, Philadelphia loaded the bases with nobody out on singles by Joseph, Aaron Altherr and Jimmy Paredes off Robert Gsellman (1-1), who was very effective to that point in his first major league start.
