Phillies 5 Mets 4 (Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, PA)
Mets record: 71-82
Mets streak: Lost 1
WP- Ranger Suarez (4-6)
LP - Jeff Brigham (1-3)
S-Jose Alvarado (9)
Seat on the Korner: Nick Castellanos
We select the star of the game and virtually invite him to a Seat on the Korner, just as Ralph Kiner used to do for his studio postgame show on WOR-channel 9 broadcasts in the early decades of the Mets.
Tonight's Seat on the Korner belongs to Nick Castellanos for his four RBI night and his go ahead home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Castellanos also extended his streak having played 141 games in right field this season (1233.1 total innings) with 0 errors He would be the first Phillies outfielder with 250+ total chances and 0 errors in the outfield since Shane Victorino in 2011 (296 TC, 0 errors) Castellanos would be only the third outfielder in Phillies history to complete a season with 10+ outfield assists and 0 errors, joining Victorino in 2006 (11 assists, 0 errors) and Johnny Callison in 1968 (10 assists, 0 errors)
Need to Know
Brandon Nimmo has safely hit in 20 of his last 22 games... Since August 28, Nimmo is batting .340 (32-94) with 14 runs, nine doubles, one triple, six home runs, 12 RBI, six walks.
In 20 games since his return from the 10-Day IL, Mark Vientos is batting .277 (20-72) with 12 runs, one triple, six home runs, ten RBI, and three walks.Over his last ten games, Vientos is bating .333 (13-39) with six runs,four home run, seven RBI, one walk.
Jeff McNiel has safely reached base in 14 straight games.In 48 games since the start of August, Jeff McNeil is batting .307 (59-192) with 31 runs, nine doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 20 RBI, eight walks with five steals.
Ronny Mauricio took a rare 0-for after having safely hit in 13 of his first 16 career games. After taking the collar tonight he is batting .276 (18-65) with five runs, three doubles, one home run, seven RBI, five walks and six steals in his first 16 career games.
David Peterson made his eighth career appearance and seventh career start against the Phillies. with the no decision in tonight's game he now owns a career 1-2 record against Philadelphia, posting a 5.30 ERA (21 ER/35.2 IP) over seven games (six starts).
Francisco stole his 30th base of the season, and now needs 4 home runs in last 9 games to compile a 30-30 season.
The Phillies have 9 games left in the 2023 regular season and six of those nine will be against the Mets (3 at CBP, 3 in NY) ... Since 2022, the Phillies are 8-18 in 26 games against the Mets (.280 win %) and 163-126 against all other clubs (.564 win %)
Leadoff hitter Kyle Schwarber was honored pre-game tonight as the Phillies’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award. He has a career-high 123 walks this season which ranks 6th in Phillies franchise history for a single year – HOF Richie Ashburn ranks 5th in club history with 125 in 1954 ... The franchise record for walks in a season is 129, set by Lenny Dykstra in 1993 .
Tonight's Loss clinched a losing season for the Mets, they become the 4th team in Major League History to follow a 100 plus win season with a losing season.
Turning Point
Tonight's turning point of the game came in the bottom of the eighth as Phillies Manager Rob Thomson called on Craig Kimbrel to face 4-5-6 in the order.
After Lindor singled and stole second,Mark Vientos struck out, Jeff McNeil singled moving Lindor to third. Francisco Alvarez popped up. Jeff McNeil then stole second base, Brett Baty came up with a chance to put the Mets ahead, Kimbrel struck out Baty to end the threat.the two strike outs in the inning were
the 1,184th and 1,185th career strikeout which moved him ahead of Hall-of-Famer Rollie Fingers for the 5th-most strikeouts by a relief pitcher (since at least 1893) ... Of the four relief pitchers currently in front of Kimbrel on the strikeout list, three are Hall of Famers (Hoyt Wilhelm, Goose Gossage and Lee Smith .
Three Keys
Perfect Pen-manship
The Phillies Bullpen kept the Mets off the board over the last 2 and a third with three different relievers, getting four of the seven outs via strike outs, Hoffman, Kimbrel and Alvarado held the line for starter Ranger Suarez who won his 4th on the season. Alvarado struck out Pete Alonso with Brandon Nimmo representing the tying run at second base.
Jeff Homerun Short
Jeff McNeil came up one homerun short of the cycle going 3 for 4, His second inning double got the Mets back in the game.
On The Mark
Mark Vientos' hit his third home run in his last 2 games. His 8th of the season tied the score at 4 in the top of the sixth, if Mark can hit two more over the final nine games he will give the Mets their 9th player with double digit homeruns. The team record is 10 players with 10 or more home runs, done in 2017...The 2019 team featured nine players, while the 2007 and 2005 teams feature eight players as well.
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