Mets Complete Sweep of Phillies With 13 Inning Victory

John Neise took the mound on Thursday looking to even his record at 9-9. Neise pitched a solid first two innings until he ran into some trouble in the 3rd. Neise let up 5 in the third off of an RBI single from former Met Jeff Francoeur, then Aaron Altherr hit an RBI ground ball to third base, after that Darin Ruf stepped up to the plate and hit a bomb to right center, a two run homer, putting the Phillies in front 5-0. After the third, the Mets come out firing in the fourth, scoring two runs on a Travis d'Arnaud's homer. Neise settled down and gave up 0 runs for the rest of his outing. Neise going 6 innings giving up only 5 hits on 5 runs, however 5 base on balls. In the 5th inning, the Mets would pick up 3 runs on a Cespedes homer and a huge homer by Kelly Johnson to tie the game at 5.

The scoring was silent then until the 13th. Daniel Murphy picked up a double, scoring two runs.

David Wright then reached on an error resulting in a run scored. In addition, Michael Conforto hit an RBI single to bring the final score to 9-5. The bullpen was phenomenal for the Mets, shutting out the Phillies for 7 straight innings. The defense by the Mets was also extraordinary. David Wright did not play in Wednesday's game however he did take a lot of ground balls and had an extensive infield workout. The work that he put in exemplified itself on the field on Thursday when he was taking base hits away from batters. Perhaps the craziest play that I have ever seen took place in Thursday's game. The ball bounced off of pitcher Carlos Torres's foot, Murphy dove to field it, and tosses it, basically without looking, on time for the out.

The hyped up Daniel Murphy after that play, would later become the offensive hero in the 13th. As much as Murphy deserves a lot of the credit for both that play and the game winner, you cannot take away from the fact that new players to the Mets such as Johnson and Cespedes made this win happen as well. before the trade deadline, this win would have probably not happened, however now, we have new bats in the lineup that can produce and come back from a 5-0 deficit.

Bringing it back to Murphy though, he has played the game with a lot of excitement throughout this potential postseason run. One thing that he has been doing really well is attacking first pitch fastballs, that is what he did on his game winner as well. The Mets had major struggles with runners in scoring position this game, and Murphy was the man who could come through and get the job done.

The Phillies are yet another last place team on the Mets schedule. Nothing is a-given, however, these are games that a postseason caliber team has to do, and that is exactly what the Mets have been doing. Sweeping the Rockies and now sweeping the Phillies, the Mets are starting to take care of business. This win brings the Mets to 15 games above .500, which is the most that they have been all year. The Mets improve their record on the road, as their road trip is now over. They come back to Citi Field tonight, where they have had a lot of success all season. Tonight, Harvey faces off against the Red Sox and Henry Owens, the Mets looking for their 8th straight win. Thanks for reading!