Mets Lose to Phillies 2-1 after offense struggles with runners in scoring position

Mets RHP Marcus Stroman (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com) The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in Phialdelphia tonight for their third consecutive loss and dropped their record to 9-11. RHP Marcus Stroman had a scoreless bottom of the first inning, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the second inning after he gave up a two singles and a walk to load the bases and then struck out Phillies starter RHP Chase Anderson with two outs, but catcher James McCann committed a passed ball which lead to two runs. Stroman settled down after that striking out the side in the bottom of the third and two more strikeouts in the fourth. He had another scorless inning in the bottom of the fifth and then came out of the game with a hamstring injury. His final line was five innings, 3 hits, two runs, LHP Aaron Loup followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning and two strikeouts. RHP Jeurys Familia came in next and worked out of a based loaded jam after he struck out LF Andrew McCutchen. RHP Miguel Castro threw a scorleess bottom of the eighth inning. The bats wasted several scoring opportunities in the first five innings, but finally came alive in the top of the sixth after 1B Pete Alonso singled and RF Michael Conforto walked and two batters later, LF Dominic Smith drove in Alonso with a RBI single. McCannn then grounded into a double play to end the inning. In the top of the eighth, 2B Jeff McNeil was hit by a pitch and 3B J.D. Davis was intentionally walked and then McNeil and Davis moved up to second and third after reliever RHP Jose Alvarado threw a wild pitch. Smith then came up and struck out to end the inning. CF Brandon Nimmo walked with two outs in the top of the ninth, but SS Francisco Lindor grounded out to end the inning. The offense went 1-14 with runners in scoring positon. The Mets next game is tomorrow night at the Phillies at 6:05 p.m.