Phillies erupt late to beat Mets
Jay Bruce hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning off closer Edwin Díaz, Mets manager Mickey Callaway lost an early replay challenge that might have cost him late and the Philadelphia Phillies beat New York 7-2 Friday night in New York.
Nine days after blowing a save in Philadelphia, Diaz (1-6) allowed J.T. Realmuto’s double and Bruce’s RBI single to start the ninth, which snapped a 2-all tie. The Phillies poured it on after that, batting around and scoring five runs against Diaz, Jeurys Familia and Luis Avilan. Jean Segura drove in two with a double, and Bryce Harper scored him with a two-base hit to cap a rocky day that started with three strikeouts against Mets ace Jacob degrom.
Philadelphia tied it in the seventh on a close play that Callaway couldn’t challenge. Rhys Hoskins scored on Cesar Hernandez’s slow roller toward third, but replays showed catcher Wilson Ramos appeared to tag Hoskins before he touched the plate. The Mets couldn’t ask for a review, however, because Callaway had unsuccessfully used the club’s challenge in the second inning on Todd Frazier’s stolen base attempt. Umpires can’t initiate a crew chief review until the eighth inning.
The Phillies have won six straight over the Mets for the first time since a nine-game streak spanning 2007 and ‘08. New York has won the season series the past seven years, but Philadelphia is 8-3 in the rivalry this season and needs two more wins to end that skid. ANGELS 5, ASTROS 4: Mike Trout hit his American Leagueleading 26th homer, and Kole Calhoun, Shohei Ohtani and Andrelton Simmons also went deep.
YANKEES 8, RAYS 4, 11 INNINGS: Aaron Judge hit his second homer of the game leading off the 11th inning and New York beat Tampa Bay.
PHILLIES’ HERRERA ACCEPTS SUSPENSION: Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera accepted a suspension for the rest of the season under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
ALL-STAR FILL-INS NAMED: Liam Hendriks and Max Muncy were added to rosters for next week’s All-star Game. Hendriks will replace injured Rays righthander Charlie Morton on the AL roster. Muncy, an infielder with the Los Angeles Dodgers, will replace Washington’s Anthony Rendon.