Callaway left Lockett in to start the inning, and he promptly walked Harper before getting Hoskins to foul out. This would’ve been an ideal time to shut the game off and imagine that the bullpen managed to hold the Phillies off for the final four innings.Īs you know by now, that’s not how things went. McNeil made it count, driving Rosario home on a single into right field for his third hit of the game. Realmuto heaved the ball into center field with Rosario attempting to steal second. Rosario got things started innocently enough with a one out single, but advanced to third after J.T. The Mets would score their final run of the night in the sixth thanks to some poor defense by the Phillies.
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Unfortunately, Rhys Hoskins would hit a solo homer later in the inning to bring the Phillies back to within two runs. However, he redeemed himself in the bottom of the frame as he robbed Bryce Harper with a spectacular diving play in right field. McNeil picked up his third hit of the game in the fourth, but was thrown out trying to score on an Alonso grounder to third base. The Mets hit their second home run of the night in the third, as Dominic Smith drove one over the left-center field fence to give New York a three-run lead. While it took Rosario 154 games to reach that number last year, he did it in exactly half the games in 2019.
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Amed Rosario had a barely-cleared-the-right-field-fence home run of his own and, in the process, matched his single-season career high with nine home runs, which he accomplished last season. Realizing that two runs wouldn’t cut it with Lockett on the mound, the Mets got right back to work in the second. Lockett recovered to retire the next three Philadelphia batters. The Phillies would get one right back in the bottom of the frame on a Scott Kingery opposite-field home run that barely cleared the right field fence. Michael Conforto contributed a sacrifice fly to give the Mets a two-run edge. Pete Alonso followed with an infield single, and Robinson Cano pushed one through the hole between second and short to drive in McNeil and advance Alonso to third. Jeff McNeil led off with a single through the shift on the first pitch of the game-one of four hits he would pick up on the evening. Like they did on Monday, the Mets jumped ahead in the first inning. In what is likely his final start before Noah Syndergaard returns from the Injured List, he kept the team in the game and didn’t implode like he did in his previous start, despite the mediocre final line. However, Lockett was certainly better than he was in his Mets’ debut at Wrigley Field, and he lasted into the sixth inning. If all you knew about tonight’s game was that Walker Lockett was the starting pitcher, and you only caught the final score, the end result may not surprise you all that much.
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With a chance to turn the page and get back on track, the Mets wilted again in the late innings on Tuesday and fell to the Philadelphia Phillies. With a game left to play, the Mets took the field against a team that was coming off seven straight, only to be blown out in embarrassing fashion. The circus continued on Monday with some truly incomprehensible pregame shenanigans, including Vargas’s lack of apology and Mickey Callaway’s non-apology/apology in front of the media. It all started with a loss on Sunday, when Seth Lugo spoiled a solid Jacob deGrom start by allowing three runs in the eighth, and it bled into the postgame media session with Mickey Callaway and Jason Vargas verbally threatening a reporter.
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The week from hell continued for the New York Mets on Tuesday, as they dropped a third straight game in demoralizing fashion.