Mets Rally To Beat Phillies 5-4 after Michael Conforto homers in ninth

Mets RF Michael Conforto (Credits to AP) The New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 tonight to snap their three-game losing streak and improved their offense to 10-11. The offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first inning after SS Francisco Lindor was hit by a pitch with one out and then 2B Jeff McNeil walked. 1B Pete Alonso then came up and drove in the first run of the game with a RBI ground-rule double and then RF Michael Conforto with a two-run double. 3B J.D. Davis followed with a RBI single and after LF Dom Smith singled, catcher James McCann grounded into a double play to end the inning. The bats went quiet after and couldn't capitalize on any scoring opporuntities, but Conforto came through in the top of the ninth with a solo homer leading off the inning for his third RBI of the game. RHP Tijuan Walker started out well with a scorleess bottom of the first, but gave up two runs in the bottom of the second after catcher Andrew Knapp hit a RBI single and Phillies starter RHP Zack Wheeler hit a RBI single. Walker settled down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the third, fourth and fifth innings but he ran into trouble once again in the bottom of the sixth. Walker gave up a lead-off single to 1B Rhys Hoskins and then two batters a two-run homer to 3B Alec Bohm to tie the game. He was able to get out of the inning without allowing any more runs and was then taken out. His final line was six innings, seven hits, four runs, one walk and four strikeouts. LHP Aaron Loup followed with a scoreless bottom of the seventh inning. RHP Trevor May then threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth inning and picked up his second win. RHP Edwin Diaz came on and closed it out with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth and two strikeouts to pick up his third save. The Mets next game is tomorrow night at the Phillies on Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN at 7:00 p.m.