David Wright was back.
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A day after the Mets hit s a franchise-high eight home runs, Yoenis Cespedes kept the Mets power surge alive Tuesday.
Then in the sixth, with Justin DeFratus now the Phillies’ reliever du gore, Murphy unloaded for a two-run homer, the 10th of the game between the teams to make it 11-7.
“He’ll have something to say about that”, Collins said.
As Flores said, “It’s really fun being here right now”.
“They’re just obnoxious”, Andersen replied. “I got a chance to experience that first-hand tonight, and it was a lot of fun”.
But last night, Wright smoked a home run to the left-field upper deck at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on the third pitch he saw. He finished 2 for 5 with a walk, scored three runs and made two errors at third base.
Ryan Howard, Cameron Rupp and Domonic Brown got in on the action for the Phillies, but could not prevent the Mets from moving 5-5 games clear of the inactive Washington Nationals.
“Every once in a while you run into these lopsided games, but this was disappointing”, Philadelphia interim manager Pete Mackanin said. He is the heart and soul of a team that has, in recent years, been lacking in the former and seen the latter crushed to bits in not one or two but three consecutive years, the last of which Wright likened to “a wasted season”.
DeGrom was pulled with runners on first and second and two outs.
While deGrom has clearly taken over for Matt Harvey as the most dominant pitcher on the Met staff with an ERA below 2.00 in the months of June and July, his entire outing on Monday was a struggle. The Philadelphia Phillies have lost five of their last seven home games.
Carlos Santana singled home pinch runner Abraham Almonte with the tying run with two out in the ninth to spoil Jon Lester’s bid for his first shutout and complete game with the Cubs. Pinch hitting for Syndergaard, Cuddyer’s lined a two-run, go-ahead single to center. Then Cuddyer went deep for a 9-7 lead. Flores lined a two-run homer, prompting a visit from pitching coach Bob McClure. However, the right-hander, who was 12-6 with a 1.98 ERA coming into Monday night’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, surrendered seven runs (six earned) in just 2 2/3 innings. He walked three, struck out three and allowed three homers, the third time he allowed that many in his career.
The Kansas City Royals extended their lead to 13 games in the AL Central with an 8-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles, powered by seven runs in the sixth inning.
It was his first win in 10 career starts on the road.
After watching Flores hit one in the at-bat immediately before his, d’Arnaud decided to send a baseball to check out the dining options on the CBP concourse – it was the game’s longest at 464 feet. By midnight, the story was the offense breaking Mets franchise-records with 8 home runs and 15 extra base hits in a single game.
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“I hope that I go out there and get the results that I’m expecting”, he said. That means Francoeur can not be traded before the August 31 deadline.
