Baby steps were necessary for the Mets after weeks of crawling on their bellies with faces in the mud.
Buck Showalter’s crew hadn’t as much as won a series or consecutive games since completing a sweep of these Phillies on June 1, so finishing business Sunday and ending both streaks was close to paramount for the Mets.
Josh Walker and Brigham combined to allow four runs in the eighth — an inning in which the Phillies managed only one hit. Trea Turner #7 of the Philadelphia Phillies scores during the fifth inning against the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday.The Mets never recovered in the ninth and lost for the 15th time in 20 games to match a season’s worst by falling seven below .500.
Marte had difficulty reading Edmundo Sosa’s fly to right in the bottom of the inning that turned into a leadoff triple.Brett Baty made a costly error in the Mets’ loss to the Phillies.Bryce Harper walked to load the bases with one out, but Carrasco escaped by striking out J.T. Realmuto and retiring Bryson Stott.
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