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05/13 22:52 CDT Stott homers in 9th off Edwin Diaz, adds tiebreaking SAC fly in
10th as Phillies edge Mets 5-4
Stott homers in 9th off Edwin Diaz, adds tiebreaking SAC fly in 10th as
Phillies edge Mets 5-4
By JERRY BEACH
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Bryson Stott hit a leadoff homer in the ninth against
All-Star closer Edwin Daz and delivered the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the
10th inning as the MLB-leading Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 5-4
Monday night.
The Phillies trailed 4-2 before Daz gave up Stott's homer --- the fourth homer
of the season surrendered by Daz, who gave up just three homers in 2022 before
missing last season with a torn patellar tendon in his right knee that he
sustained while celebrating a win for the Dominican Republic in the World
Baseball Classic.
Daz then surrendered a single to pinch-hitter Kody Clemens --- the first
pinch-hit of the season in 16 at-bats for Philadelphia --- and walked Brandon
Marsh. Two outs later, Daz walked Whit Merrifield before hitting Alec Bohm
with a pitch.
"That's one of the best closers in the game and Stott, he torched the ball,"
Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. "And then we finally got a pinch-hit, which
was nice to see. We put some pressure on (Daz)."
Daz hadn't blown a two-run lead in a save situation since May 24, 2022,
against the San Francisco Giants. He threw 30 pitches Monday, his most since a
35-pitch effort against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 19, 2022, while facing
eight batters, his most since he faced nine against the Pittsburgh Pirates on
July 11, 2021.
"Anytime you get those guys in the game, you kind of want to drive their pitch
counts up and make them throw more pitches than they're used to," Stott said.
"And then after that, anything can happen."
Daz has a 3.24 ERA and is averaging 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings. He had a
1.31 ERA and averaged 17.1 strikeouts per nine innings in 2022.
"He's going through it right now," Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. "He's one
of the better (closers) in the game, if not the best one. He'll continue to get
big outs for us and he'll get through it."
Bryce Harper, the automatic runner to start the 10th, took third on a wild
pitch by Sean Reid-Foley (1-1) and scored easily on Stott's long fly out to
right.
"Today wasn't a good day for me --- I let the team down," Daz said.
"Reid-Foley got the loss, but I count it as on me, because I came in with a
two-run lead (and) I blew it."
Orion Kerkering (1-0) threw a perfect ninth and Jos Alvarado earned his eighth
save with a 1-2-3 ninth, stranding automatic runner DJ Stewart at second.
Starter Cristopher Snchez gave up three runs and struck out five in 5 2/3
innings for the Phillies.
Garrett Stubbs and Johan Rojas had RBIs for the Phillies, who avoided their
third two-game skid of the season. Philadelphia is 29-13, which is tied for the
second-best record in franchise history through 42 games. The 1976 team was
31-11 on its way to winning the NL East while the pennant-winning 1993 squad
was 29-13.
J.D. Martinez had three hits and two RBIs for the Mets. Toms Nido had an RBI
single in the second inning and Pete Alonso scored on an error by Bohm in the
seventh inning.
Mets starter Sean Manaea surrendered one run and struck out six in six innings.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Phillies: Snchez was visited by a trainer with two outs in the third inning,
when he aggravated a stinger in his pitching hand. Snchez struck out Jeff
McNeil to continue a stretch in which he retired 10 of the final 13 batters he
faced. ... C J.T. Realmuto (right knee) sat for a second straight game, while
DH/LF Kyle Schwarber (back), who missed Sunday's game, struck out as a
pinch-hitter in the ninth. Thomson said he expected Schwarber to start Tuesday
afternoon's game.
Mets: LF Brandon Nimmo (right side) returned to the lineup Monday. Nimmo left
after four innings Saturday, but entered as a pinch-runner Sunday, when he hit
the walk-off homer in a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves. ... RHP Kodai Senga
(right shoulder) will continue working on his mechanics during bullpens before
beginning a rehab assignment. ... RHP Drew Smith (right shoulder) is expected
to be activated from the injured list Tuesday.
UP NEXT
The teams complete the first half of their unique home-and-home series Tuesday,
when Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (4-2, 3.67 ERA) opposes Mets RHP Jos Butt (1-2,
3.00 ERA). The two, two-game series this week are necessitated by the two games
the teams will play in London on June 8-9, when each team will have one "home"
game apiece.
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