NEW YORK – A game that looked and felt like a Phillies loss from the bottom of the second to the bottom of the eighth became the latest example of their depth and ability to persevere.
Down two runs in the ninth inning against Edwin Diaz, one of baseball’s most electric closers, the Phillies came close on Bryson Stott’s solo home run and tied the game when Alec Bohm was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. The tying run was scored by Kody Clemens, who pinch-hit for Edmundo Sosa and singled off a batter after Stott’s home run.
Orion Kerkering, pitching consecutive days for the first time this season, went 1-2-3 against the Mets order in the bottom of the ninth, retiring Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, and JD Martínez to set up more heroics from Stott in extra innings. Kerkering made it look much easier than he was.
Stott fell behind 0-2 against Mets reliever Sean Reid-Foley in the top of the 10th but fought back to hit a sacrifice fly to deep right field. Bryce Harper crossed the plate as the go-ahead run and José Alvarado lifted the Mets to a 5-4 victory.
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“It was a great win,” manager Rob Thomson said. “We keep winning games in different ways, getting contributions from all kinds of people. That’s who they are. They keep fighting. They’re resilient.”
You don’t think of Stott as the type of player who can lead an offense, but he essentially has done so over the past week. He has driven in 11 runs in his last eight games. He has reached base in 12 of his last 19 plate appearances, and narrowly missed three innings before doing so Monday night.
“That guy is a stud,” Marsh said. “He showed it day after day last year. It was only a matter of time before he started clicking and there is no better time than now.
“It started with Stotter. He set the tone for us and we just rallied behind him after that. Diaz is disgusting. He’s as good as they come, an incredible talent, a great closer. For us to get to him tonight was huge.” . “.
The Phillies (29-13) have yet to lose consecutive games since April 23-24 in Cincinnati.
It was a strange start by Cristopher Sánchez, who threw just 10 pitches in a 1-2-3 first inning but needed 50 to record the next four outs. He allowed two runs in the bottom of the second and his third inning was a rollercoaster.
Sánchez put the first four Mets on base in the bottom of the third with a double, a single, and two walks. He struck out Brett Baty with the bases loaded for the first out, then cautiously walked off the mound and had his hand examined by a trainer. He was dealing with a stinger that appears from time to time and needs to be removed. Sánchez responded by striking out three in a row on nine pitches.
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After looking like he wouldn’t make it out of the third, Sanchez pitched a 1-2-3 fourth inning, retired the team in the fifth, and would have recorded a “quality start” if not for his two-out error. in the sixth. The Phillies needed the extra length because Spencer Turnbull, the only true long man in the bullpen, pitched one inning of relief Sunday and likely wasn’t available Monday because he’s not used to playing back-to-back days.
“The thing I’m most proud of about him is that he’s overcome adversity,” Thomson said. “He got in trouble, long innings in the second and third, and he just calmed down and kept pitching. That’s the growth of this guy. It’s extraordinary.”
“Getting the bases loaded and him coming out with those three hits saved the game for us,” Marsh added.
The Phillies came up short again on Monday with Kyle Schwarber (lower back soreness) and JT Realmuto (right knee soreness) out of the starting lineup. Trea Turner will miss another month with a hamstring strain. The Phillies have done an admirable job in recent seasons playing through injuries to key players like Harper, Rhys Hoskins, Alvarado, and Ranger Suarez, but they also haven’t had three of their best hitters out at the same time.
Schwarber pinch-hit in the ninth inning and struck out. He will return to the lineup Tuesday afternoon, Thomson said. Realmuto is up to date and his status for Tuesday is TBD.
The Phillies have Aaron Nola on the mound at 1:10 pm to end the first leg of this two-game home-and-home series. José Butto, the first right-handed starting pitcher the Phillies have faced in five games, is betting on the Mets.
“I don’t think we had anyone on the bench except JT,” Stott said. “The bullpen guys came in and did their job, they threw strikes, they had close innings. Sanchez working those five innings and a couple of outs was huge. It was a gutsy performance by him and the guys that came off the bench.”
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