Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets

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Philadelphia Phillies

91-62, 39-36 Away

Final
6 - 10

New York Mets

85-68, 44-34 Home

Mets score 10 runs in 3 straight games for 1st time, delay Phillies' playoff clinch with 10-6 win

Philadelphia, which leads the NL East by six games over second-place New York, failed in its second attempt to clinch after losing Wednesday at Milwaukee. The Phillies would clinch a playoff berth with one win over the Mets during the four-game series and would clinch their first division title since 2011 with two victories over the Mets this week.

New York won its fourth straight game and for the 16th time in its last 20, maintaining a two-game lead over Atlanta for the NL’s final wild-card position.

“We know we’re good,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We’re capable of having games like that.”

Rookie Luisangel Acuña, a brother of Atlanta star Ronald Acuña Jr., drove in the 10th run with an RBI triple in the seventh off José Alvarado. The Mets were coming off 10-1 and 10-0 routs of Washington and are 61-33 following a 24-35 start.

“It’s pretty amazing that the Mets have played over 10,000 games and we’re the first ones to do this,” Nimmo said, rounding up. “That’s pretty special.”

Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor missed his fourth straight game because of a sore back.

Luis Severino (11-6) gave up three runs and five hits in six innings with seven strikeouts and two walks.

Walker (3-7) made his first start since Aug. 28 after being relegated to three bullpen appearances. He gave up a career-worst four homers along with eight runs, eight hits, three walks and a hit batter in 3 1/3 innings.

“It just didn’t work out,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “My fault.”

Walker's ERA rose to 6.91 in an outing that included his 1,000th strikeout.

“It hasn’t been a good year for me,” he told reporters. “I thought there was a little bit more uptick today, but didn’t execute, didn’t get ahead. When I got two strikes, I didn’t put guys away. Just not getting it done right now at all.”

Philadelphia pitchers walked a season-high eight.

New York’s J.D. Martinez went 0 for 4 and is hitless in his last 28 at-bats.

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mets broadcaster Bob Murphy, Vientos put the Mets ahead with his 25th homer, a 113.2 mph line drive down the left-field line. Four pitches later, Alonso hit an opposite-field drive to right-center for his 34th homer, giving the Mets back-to-back long balls for the sixth time this season.

Turner tied the score in the third with his 19th homer, driving the ball 436 feet into the left-field second deck.

Six pitches into the bottom half, Nimmo put the Mets ahead with a 21st home, a two-run drive to right-center. Brandon Marsh’s RBI single closed the Phillies to 4-3 in the fourth, but Alvarez hit his third homer in six starts, a three-run drive in a five-run fourth that boosted the lead to 7-3. Nimmo added an RBI double and scored on Vientos’ single.

Philadelphia closed to 9-6 on Bryce Harper's two-run double off Reed Garrett in a three-run seventh.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mets: Lindor was limited to indoor activities and Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said it remains unclear whether he will return this series.

Phillies LHP Cristopher Sánchez (10-9) starts Friday night against Mets LHP David Peterson (9-2, 2.85), who didn’t get a decision while pitching a season-high 7 2/3 innings in Sunday’s 2-1 loss at Philadelphia.

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Matchup Prediction

Mets: 61.6%

Phillies: 38.4%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Turner flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Schwarber struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Clemens struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Díaz relieved Stanek
	9th Inning	Clemens hit for Wilson
	9th Inning	E. Alvarez at second base.

Statistics

PHI		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	16
12	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	10
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	26
38	Plate Appearances	42
162.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
4.0	Runs Created	10.7
.235	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.382	Slugging Percentage	.788
.235	Secondary Average	.697
.316	On Base Percentage	.476
.698	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.264
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
4.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	12.0
39.0	Batter Rating	67.5
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	8.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.50
.147	Isolated Power	.455
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.60
.079	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.190
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.364
12.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.9
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
83.5	MLB Rating	111.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0