Homers give Phillies edge
Mets starter Peterson lasts just four innings, offense wastes chances
Alec Bohm and J.T. Realmuto each hit a three-run homer, Rhys Hoskins had a solo shot and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 8-2 on Wednesday.
The Phillies took two of three from their division rivals after opening the season with a threegame sweep of three-time defending NL East champion Atlanta.
Phillies ace Aaron Nola lasted only four innings, pitching out of trouble the final two. He allowed one run and six hits, striking out five.
Connor Brogdon (3-0) got five outs to earn his third win in six games. Three relievers pitched the final 3 1⁄3 innings.
Mets starter David Peterson (0-1) surrendered six runs and seven hits in four innings.
Hoskins launched an oppositefield drive just over the rightfield wall in the first. Bryce Harper lined the next pitch off the fence for a double. After Realmuto walked, Bohm blasted a fastball deep into the left-center field seats for a 4-0 lead.
Pete Alonso’s RBI single in the third cut it to 4-1, but Nola escaped further damage by striking out Dominic Smith and Jonathan Villar to leave runners on first
and third.
Nola got out of another jam in the fourth, freezing Michael Conforto with a backdoor curve to leave the bases loaded. Before Conforto came up, Francisco Lindor took an 0-2 curve off his foot after ripping a liner down the right-field line that just hooked foul.
Realmuto connected on the first pitch thrown by reliever Jacob Barnes in the fifth, sending an opposite-field shot out to right to make it 7-1.
Lindor, the four-time All-star shortstop acquired from Cleveland during the offseason and signed to a team-record, $341 million, 10-year contract extension last week, was 2-for-11 with one RBI in his first series with
the Mets.
He was taunted by Philly fans with chants of “overrated” in his last at-bat.
Slug it
Hoskins hit two doubles along with his homer and became the fourth Phillies player with seven extra-base hits in the first six games. He joined Ryan Howard (2010), John Kruk (1993) and Del Ennis (1950).
Trainer’s room
Mets: 3B J.D. Davis wasn’t in the lineup because of swelling in his bruised left hand. A 91 mph fastball hit his hand Tuesday night. A second set of X-rays were negative. He remains day to day.