The Mets fell to the Phillies by a final score of 6-1 during a rainy game in Philly.
The start time moved up an hour due the forecast, and whether or not the change threw the Mets off is hard to say since they normally play terrible without any help from outside forces. They immediately got down 2-0 when Sean Manaea walked the first batter he faced and then gave up a home run to Kyle Schwarber one batter later. It was not a great start for Manaea who would end up not completing five innings when all was said
and done and it had nothing to do with the weather.
As for the offense only Tyrone Taylor was able to get to Jesús Luzardo. He took him deep in the second to make it 2-1. The rest of the offense did not put up much of fight and it made no difference once Luzardo was out of the game. It was just another run of the mill pathetic performance by this 2026 team.
The team completely fell apart in the fifth inning. Manaea gave up a lead off home run to Trea Turner and then walked Kyle Scwarber. Schwarber ended up on third on an errant pick off attempt by Francisco Alvarez that went into right field, and then he came around to score on a single by Alec Bohm. That made it 4-1 Phillies and Manaea exited later in the inning with two outs. Kodai Senga came in relief and walked J.T. Realmuto but ended the inning with a strikeout of Derek Hill.
Before the break manager Andy Green said they would try Senga as a one inning reliever but they pushed their luck bringing him in again the following inning, and wouldn’t you know it the game was 6-1 before an out was recorded. Despite another Francisco Lindor error in the inning, somehow the team escaped without further damage but it was enough. The game was now completely out of reach but let’s all be honest it really ended in the first with Schwarber’s home run.
With the impeding rain only the Phillies played with any urgency but Tyrone Taylor at least helped his trade value. A rain delay extended this mockery of baseball but they were able to resume and finish the game, not that it helped the Mets much. Unfortunately the weather should be clear tomorrow so the Mets will be forced to play the finale in Philadelphia.
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Big Mets winner: Tyrone Taylor, +10% WPA
Big Mets loser: Sean Manaea, -18% WPA
Mets pitchers: -21% WPA
Mets hitters: -29% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Tyrone Taylor’s solo home run in second, +9.3% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Kyle Schwarber home run in first, -14.8% WPA
