Mets edge Phils in opener of twinbill
NEW YORK » Pete Alonso and Jonathan Villar each hit an RBI single in the eighth inning to give the Mets a 4-3 victory over the Phillies in the first game of their doubleheader Tuesday.
Dominic Smith socked an early two-run homer for the Mets, who took the opener of a four-game series between NL East rivals in extra innings. Both games of the single-admission twinbill, booked to make up Monday night’s rainout at Citi Field, were scheduled for seven innings in keeping with a rules change introduced during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
With the Mets down a run, Alonso opened the bottom of the eighth with a sharp single off Héctor Neris (0-1) that scored placement runner Francisco Lindor from second. It was New York’s first hit since the second inning.
Jeff McNeil beat out a potential double-play ball, Michael Conforto walked and James McCann’s infield single loaded the bases with one out.
Villar, who entered as a pinch-runner in the seventh and stayed in to play third base, lofted a full-count pitch to left-center over the head of left fielder Andrew McCutchen, playing shallow in the hopes of cutting off the winning run.
Helped by McCann’s passed ball, the Phillies went ahead 3-2 in the top of the eighth against Trevor May when McCutchen scored from third on Didi Gregorius’ two-out infield single.
May (1-1) struck out Jean Segura with two runners in scoring position and ended up with his first win for the Mets.
Philadelphia tied it 2-all in the sixth after Rhys Hoskins drew his first walk of the season leading off against reliever Miguel Castro. Hoskins advanced on Bryce Harper’s single that beat the shift and went to third on a groundout. He scored when Segura beat out a dribbler to third for an infield single on an 0-2 pitch.
Taijuan Walker struck out eight over 4 1/3 innings in his second start with the Mets, again showing some increased velocity on multiple pitches in his repertoire.
The right-hander was pulled following consecutive walks in the fifth, and the Mets escaped the inning with a one-run lead thanks to a terrific defensive play by substitute third baseman Luis Guillorme to thwart a double steal.
Brandon Nimmo drew a leadoff walk from Chase Anderson in the first inning and Smith put New York on top with his second homer this season.
Nimmo entered leading the majors with a .565 on-base percentage. Smith, raised to third in the lineup with slumping Conforto dropped to sixth, also hit a two-run shot off Anderson a week prior in Philadelphia.
Alec Bohm doubled to start the second and scored on Andrew Knapp’s sacrifice fly.
Anderson allowed two runs and three hits in four innings.
Los Angeles Houston Seattle A’s Texas Tuesday’s games Boston 4, Minnesota 2 Seattle 4, Baltimore 3, 8 innings, 1st game Oakland 7, Arizona 5 N.Y. Yankees at Toronto Texas at Tampa Bay Seattle at Baltimore, 2nd game Cleveland at Chicago White Sox Detroit at Houston
L.A. Angels at Kansas City Wednesday’s games
N.Y. Yankees (Kluber 0-1) at Toronto (Stripling 0-1), 1:07 p.m.
Boston (Eovaldi 1-1) at Minnesota (Maeda 1-0), 2:10 p.m., 1st game
L.A. Angels (Canning 0-0) at Kansas City (Keller 0-1), 2:10 p.m.
Boston (Rodriguez 1-0) at Minnesota (Berrios 2-0), 5:40 p.m., 2nd game Seattle (Dunn 0-0) at Baltimore (Harvey 0-1), 7:05 p.m.
Detroit (Fulmer 0-0) at Houston (McCullers Jr. 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (Arihara 0-1) at Tampa Bay (TBD), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Plesac 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-0), 8:10 p.m.
EAST DIVISION
Philadelphia New York Atlanta Miami Washington CENTRAL DIVISION
Cincinnati Milwaukee St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh WEST DIVISION
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3 4 4 7 7
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San Diego
Giants
Arizona
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Tuesday’s games
A’s 7, Arizona 5
N.Y. Mets 4, Philadelphia 3, 8 innings, 1st game
San Diego at Pittsburgh
Miami at Atlanta
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Washington at St. Louis Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 2nd game
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2 3 4 8 7
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Philadelphia McCutchen lf Hoskins 1b Harper rf Bohm 3b Gregorius ss Segura 2b Knapp c Quinn cf b-Realmuto ph Haseley cf Anderson p a-Miller ph Romero p Alvarado p c-Joyce ph Brogdon p Neris p
Totals New York Nimmo cf-lf Lindor ss Smith lf May p Alonso 1b McNeil 2b Conforto rf McCann c Guillorme 3b 1-Villar pr-3b Walker p Castro p Diaz p d-Pillar ph-cf Totals
Philadelphia NewYork
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R1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 R 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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One out when winning run scored; awalked for Anderson in the 5th; b-struck out for Quinn in the 7th; c-grounded out for Alvarado in the 7th; d-hit by pitch for Diaz in the 7th; 1-ran for Guillorme in the 7th.
LOB: Philadelphia 7, New York 10; 2B: Bohm (2); HR: Smith (1), off Anderson; RBIs: Knapp (2), Segura (3), Gregorius (9), Smith 2 (3), Alonso (3), Villar (1); SB: Gregorius (1); CS: Quinn (1); SF: Knapp; Runners left in scoring position: Philadelphia 3 (Knapp, Segura), New York 3 (Nimmo, McNeil, Smith); RISP: Philadelphia 3 for 12, New York 3 for 9; Runners moved up: Walker, Smith; GIDP: Segura, Lindor; DP: Philadelphia 1 (Gregorius, Hoskins), New York 1 (McNeil, Lindor, Alonso); Umpires: Home, Joe West, First, Alex MacKay, Second, Jeremy Riggs, Third, Bruce Dreckman; T: 3:11.
Anderson 4 3 2 Romero 1 0 0 Alvarado 1 0 0 Brogdon 1 0 0 Neris, L, 0-1, BS, 2-31⁄3 3 22 1.69
2 0 0 0 2
3 1 0 1 1
3 0 1 2 1
74 4.00 9 0.00 12 1.59 22 0.00 0
Walker 4 1⁄3 3 1 1 3 8 80 2.61 Castro 12⁄3 2 1 1 1 3 31 3.86 Diaz 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 6.75 May, W, 1-1 1 1 1 0 1 2 25 5.40 Inherited runners-scored: Castro 2-0; IBB: off May (Harper); HBP: Alvarado (Conforto), Brogdon (Pillar); PB: McCann (1).