Mets score 10 runs in 3rd straight game after slugging 4 home runs in win over Phillies

After 4 games without their biggest violative driver, the Mets are producing much than capable runs to triumph successful his absence.

The bats person perfectly exploded astatine Citi Field this week, with the Mets having scored 10 runs successful 3 consecutive nights. They crushed 4 location runs and a triple disconnected the Philadelphia Phillies successful a 10-6 series-opening triumph Thursday night.

The Atlanta Braves (83-70) had a likewise explosive violative nighttime successful Cincinnati, beating the Reds, 15-3, to stay 2 games down the Mets (85-68) successful the NL Wild Card standings. The Arizona Diamondbacks (85-68) won, 5-1, successful Milwaukee to enactment tied with the Mets. However, the Amazins’ person the tiebreaker, acknowledgment to a bid triumph past period successful Phoenix.

The Mets deed 4 location runs and held disconnected a seventh-inning rally, with Luisangel Acuña hitting an RBI triple successful the bottommost of the seventh, close aft the bullpen gave up 3 runs successful the top.

Former Mets right-hander Taijuan Walker gave up location runs to Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Alvarez, who deed a monolithic three-run changeable successful a five-run 4th inning.

The Mets were up by conscionable a azygous run, 4-3, aft Luis Severino gave up a game-tying two-run homer to Trea Turner successful the third, and an RBI azygous to Brandon Marsh successful the apical of the fourth. Walker past enactment the archetypal 2 runners connected successful the bottommost of the inning, mounting the signifier for Alvarez’s theatrics.

The catcher got ahold of a sinker and sent it 421 feet to the 2nd platform successful near tract to springiness the Mets a 7-3 lead. There was nary uncertainty the shot was leaving the gait the instant it deed the bat.

Jose Iglesias, hitting leadoff successful spot of the injured Francisco Lindor, past bushed retired an infield azygous with 1 out, prompting the Phillies to springiness Walker the hook. But past Nimmo deed a treble disconnected right-handed reliever Jose Ruiz and Iglesias hustled to people from first. A azygous to halfway by Vientos scored Nimmo and the Mets enactment six runs successful betwixt them and their NL East rivals.

Last play successful Philadelphia, the Phillies (91-62) utilized Walker for 3 innings successful alleviation to decision the Mets. This clip out, the Mets handed him a nonaccomplishment (3-7) aft scoring 8 runs disconnected six hits against him implicit 3 1/3 innings.

Severino (11-6) had a coagulated outing, limiting the Phillies to 3 earned runs connected 5 hits implicit six innings, walking 2 and striking retired seven.

Vientos and Alonso went back-to-back with two-out location runs successful the archetypal inning, but Marsh’s homer evened the people astatine 2-2 successful the third. Nimmo deed a go-ahead two-run homer successful the bottommost of the third.

Left-hander Danny Young faced postulation connected the basepaths successful the seventh, loading the bases with nary out. After the Phillies pushed 1 across, Reed Garrett gave up a two-run treble to Bryce Harper, bringing the visitors backmost to wrong three.

The tiny things paved the mode for Acuña’s large hit. Left-hander Jose Alvarado walked Tyrone Taylor to pb off. Alvarez past deed what should person been a double-play ground-ball, but Taylor’s baserunning forced 2nd baseman Bryson Stott to propulsion disconnected equilibrium to archetypal base, pulling Harper disconnected the bag.

Then came Acuña’s triple, and scoreless innings by Ryne Stanek and Edwin Diaz. The Mets are getting large hits and large pitching performances, and doing the tiny things close to marque definite the large plays count.