Mets Crushed By Phillies 15-3 After Freddy Peralta Allows 10 Runs

 

Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 15-3 tonight at Citizens Bank Park to snap their two-game winning streak and dropped their record to 34-42.

Mets RHP Freddy Peralta got into immediate trouble in the bottom of the first after he gave up a solo homer to 1B Bryce Harper.

Peralta's struggles continued in the bottom of the second after he gave up a lead-off single to 3B Alec Bohm and two batters later, a RBI double to catcher J.T. Realmuto and two batters later, a RBI double to CF Justin Crawford.

It all fell apart for Realmuto in the bottom of the third after he gave up a lead-off homer to DH Kyle Schwarber and then a double to Harper.

Peralta was then let down by his defense after 2B Marcus Semian made a throwing error which lead to another run.

Two batters later, Peralta gave up a RBI double to 2B Bryson Stott and then another RBI double to the following hitter Realmuto.

Later in the inning, Peralta walked Crawford and gave up a RBI single to Turner and was then taken out.

LHP Cionel Perez came in next and gave up a three-run homer to Schwarber, his second homer of the inning.

Peralta's final line was 2.2 innings, 10 hits, 10 runs, one walk and two strikeouts.

Perez stayed in for the bottom of the fourth and and threw a scoreless inning and was taken out after the inning.

Perez came back out for the bottom of the fifth and struck out the first two hitters he faced and then gave up back-to-back singles to Turner and Schwarber and was then taken out.

RHP Tobias Myers came in next and gave up a two-run triple to Harper which gave him the cycle after hitting a single, double and homer earlier in the game.

Myers stayed in and threw a scoreless bottom of the sixth, but in the bottom of the seventh gave up a two-run homer to Schwarber, his third homer of the game.

SS Zach Short came in the bottom of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first three innings until the top of the fourth after 1B Mark Vientos hit a solo homer.

In the top of the seventh, RF Carson Benge hit a two-run homer.

The offense was unable to get any timely hits going 0-3 with runners in scoring position leaving six runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Sunday, June 21, on Sunday Night Baseball at 7:20 p.m.