LONDON — The Mets at the least acquired one thing greater than a sightseeing tour or two for his or her 4 days throughout the pond.
A staff with a number of deficiencies has proven a propensity for ninth-inning magic. It reappeared Sunday, permitting the Mets to flee with a cut up towards the Phillies within the London Sequence.
A superb old school three-run rally, with a lot of the lineup concerned within the last body, carried the Mets to a 6-5 victory at London Stadium.
Mark Vientos’ infield single towards Jose Alvarado tied it earlier than Pete Alonso’s plunking with the bases loaded produced the go-ahead run and an ensuing handed ball offered the insurance coverage.
However the Phillies weren’t completed, pulling inside one on Alec Bohm’s bases-loaded stroll earlier than the Mets pulled a Houdini: Nick Castellanos hit a squib in entrance of the plate that Luis Torrens grabbed. Torrens stepped on house for the primary and threw off steadiness to first base, finishing the game-ending double play.
David Dahl’s pinch-hit homer towards Dedniel Nunez within the seventh gave the Phillies a 4-3 lead after the Mets had rallied to tie the sport the earlier inning. However Jake Diekman and Reed Garrett mixed for the following two innings scoreless, permitting the chance for a rally within the ninth.
Jose Quintana continued his lackluster season with a blah efficiency that lasted solely 3 2/3 innings. Over that stretch he allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks with one strikeout. The veteran left-hander noticed his ERA rise from 5.17 to five.29 — hardly inspiring for a staff that has spectacular rookie Christian Scott solely a telephone name away at Triple-A Syracuse.
Quintana almost received stomped within the first inning, loading the bases on a single and two walks, however received Alec Bohm to hit a double play grounder, with the run scoring. Quintana saved the injury at 1-0 by retiring Nick Castellanos.
The Mets additionally turned a double play behind Quintana after he plunked Edmundo Sosa to start the second. However Quintana’s luck expired within the fourth, when he surrendered two extra runs on 4 hits and was faraway from the sport.
Sosa smashed an RBI double following Castellanos’ single to offer the Phillies a 2-0 lead. Whit Merrifield’s ensuing RBI single stretched the Mets’ deficit to a few runs. Danny Younger changed Quintana and walked Kyle Schwarber to load the bases earlier than putting out J.T. Realmuto to flee.
The Mets awoke towards Taijuan Walker and reliever Gregory Soto within the sixth. After Torrens singled and Alonso drew a two-out stroll, Brandon Nimmo sliced a double towards Soto for the Mets’ first run. J.D. Martinez adopted with a two-run single that tied it 3-3.
