Phillies LF Odubel Herrera (Photo Credits to Kyle Ross-USA Today Sports)
The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 in Philadelphia for their third consecutive loss and dropped their record to 56-54 and now trail the Phillies by 1.5 games in the National League East standings.
RHP Tylor Megill cruised through the first three innings with four strikeouts and worked out of a lead-off double by LF Odubel Herrea in the bottom of the fourth.
Megill ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth after he gave up a lead-off homer to 1B Brad Miller and then a double to the following hitter 3B Alec Bohm.
Megill then walked CF Travis Janikowski and then retired pinch-hitter Nick Maton on a fly-out.
Megills's struggles continued after he gave up a three-run homer to Herrea which broke the game open.
Megill then gave up a single to 2B Jean Segura and was taken out.
His final line was 4.2 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.
RHP Miguel Castro gave on and retired catcher J.T. Realmuto on a pop-out to end the inning.
RHP Drew Smith followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning.
RHP Yennsy Diaz then threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh.
Diaz stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and gave up a solo homer to Miller, his second of the day.
The offense didn't do much for the first eighth inningd, but finally came alive in the top of the ninth.
RF Michael Conforto led off the inning with a solo homer and then 2B Jonathan Villar and catcher James McCann followed with solo homers of their own for back-to-back-to-back homers.
LF Kevin Pillar kept the rally going with a single, but then pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil popped out to first and 1B Pete Alonso and 3B J.D. Davis struck out to end the game.
The Mets next game is tomororw afternoon at the Phillies at 1:05 p.m.
Phillies LF Odubel Herrera (Photo Credits to Kyle Ross-USA Today Sports)
The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 in Philadelphia for their third consecutive loss and dropped their record to 56-54 and now trail the Phillies by 1.5 games in the National League East standings.
RHP Tylor Megill cruised through the first three innings with four strikeouts and worked out of a lead-off double by LF Odubel Herrea in the bottom of the fourth.
Megill ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth after he gave up a lead-off homer to 1B Brad Miller and then a double to the following hitter 3B Alec Bohm.
Megill then walked CF Travis Janikowski and then retired pinch-hitter Nick Maton on a fly-out.
Megills's struggles continued after he gave up a three-run homer to Herrea which broke the game open.
Megill then gave up a single to 2B Jean Segura and was taken out.
His final line was 4.2 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.
RHP Miguel Castro gave on and retired catcher J.T. Realmuto on a pop-out to end the inning.
RHP Drew Smith followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning.
RHP Yennsy Diaz then threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh.
Diaz stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and gave up a solo homer to Miller, his second of the day.
The offense didn't do much for the first eighth inningd, but finally came alive in the top of the ninth.
RF Michael Conforto led off the inning with a solo homer and then 2B Jonathan Villar and catcher James McCann followed with solo homers of their own for back-to-back-to-back homers.
LF Kevin Pillar kept the rally going with a single, but then pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil popped out to first and 1B Pete Alonso and 3B J.D. Davis struck out to end the game.
The Mets next game is tomororw afternoon at the Phillies at 1:05 p.m.
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