Mets vs. Phillies Game 136 Recap

Mets First Baseman Pete Alonso (Credits to Newsday.com)

The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 tonight to snap their two-game losing streak and dropped their record to 69-67. 1B Pete Alonso drove in the first run of the game with a solo homer in the top of the first inning, his 43th of the year, but the bats went quiet after that. In the top of the eighth inning, 3B Todd Frazier led off with a single and pinch-hitter Brandon Nimmo walked. Pinch-hitter Luis Guillorme then bunted Frazier and Nimmo over to second and third. LF Jeff McNeil grounded out to first base, but Alonso walked and Nimmo scored on a wild pitch. They were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.

RHP Marcus Stroman threw a scoreless bottom of the first inning and was helped out by his defense after RF Michael Conforto threw out LF Corey Dickerson at the plate. In the bottom of the second inning, Stroman gave up a solo homer to 3B Brad Miller and a RBI single to Dickerson. He settled down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. His final line was 6 innings, 7 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. LHP Luis Avilan came in next and got two outs working around a double by CF Andrew Hasley and RHP Paul Sewald got the last out in the seventh. LHP Daniel Zamora gave up a lead-off single to RF Bryce Harper in the bottom of the eighth inning and was taken out for RHP Jeurys Familia. Familia walked 1B Rhys Hoskins, and then retired Miller, but walked 2B Cesar Hernandez intentionally and gave up a bases-clearing double to SS Scott Kingery.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon at the Washington Nationals at 1:10 p.m.