BULLPEN SAVE

Ricky Bones was the lead negotiator. The Mets bullpen coach watched the ball land in the seats right next to the visitors bullpen at Citizens Bank Park and jumped into action.

“It was a Phillies fan,” Bones said of the fan who caught the ball on Amed Rosario’s first career home run. “I thought to myself he was going to be difficult, but he was very nice. He didn’t know it was Rosy’s first homer, but when we told him he gave it to us right away. “It cost us three balls.” The relievers put the ball aside, took another and wrote all over it and had clubhouse manager Kevin Kierst present it to him as a joke. The rookie tried to look thankful as he accepted the ball spoiled by the bullpen signatures. And then Kierst