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clicking Foxnews.com. Jean Segura had his very first multi-homer game in virtually 5 years, Aaron Nola snapped a nine-start winless touch and also the surging Philly Phillies tightened up the NL East race, defeating the New York City Mets 5-3 Saturday night.
Bryce Harper drove in two runs to assist Philadelphia win its 4th in a row as well as pull within one video game of division-leading Atlanta.
The Phillies had lost 8 of 11 prior to their current touch.
"It's a resistant team that has located a method to recuperate," Phillies manager Joe Girardi said. "Just maintain playing well, worry about ourselves as well as we'll go from there."
The Mets lost their fifth straight as well as connected a season high by falling five games under.500. New York is 5 1/2 games behind Atlanta as well as seven games in back of St. Louis for the second NL wild-card spot.
"We intend to win, that's why we're right here," Mets manager Luis Rojas claimed. "It's another challenging loss and also a chance at our department, however there are (still) chances. You can not hang your heads right now."
Segura homered in the first inning as well as once again in the 3rd off Carlos Carrasco (1-3) for his 6th career two-homer video game and first because Sept. 26, 2016, when he went deep twice for the Arizona Diamondbacks versus the Washington Nationals.
The 31-year-old is striking.325 with 4 homers in 11 games against the Mets this season and is a job.361 player at Citi Field with 4 homers and also 13 RBIs in 22 games.
"I see the ball actually great when we play these people," Segura claimed.
Nola (8-8), who was 0-2 with a 5.10 ERA because his previous win July 25, permitted 4 hits and walked one with 9 strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
"For myself, it's gone up and down, yet I throw that away," Nola stated. "We're in a race today. Any type of means I can help as well as head out, do my job as ideal I can is what I'm going to do."
Nola lugged a shutout right into the 6th, when Brandon Nimmo tripled with one out and scored on Francisco Lindor's grounder. He was drawn after walking Pete Alonso and Jose Alvarado struck out Michael Conforto on three pitches.
"I thought he pitched an outstanding video game," Girardi claimed of Nola. "I just assumed he was losing ground."
Brad Miller as well as Freddy Galvis welcomed Brad Hand with back-to-back increases in the seventh. Harper hit a two-run, two-out double off Trevor May to prolong the cause 5-1.
Dominic Smith had a pinch-hit RBI solitary in the Mets 7th. Nimmo homered leading off the eighth.
Ian Kennedy threw an ideal nine to earn his 24th conserve.
Carrasco permitted two operate on 5 hits as well as 2 walks with 5 strikeouts in 6 innings. He likely would have pitched the 7th however fouled a pitch off his thumb while batting in the 5th.
"I couldn't hold the sphere," Carrasco stated. "That's why they took me out."
IF IN THE BEGINNING ...
Despite surrendering the home run to Segura, Carrasco's first-inning ERA this period actually dropped from 15.00 to 14.40. His job first-inning PERIOD is 4.44-- up from 3.92 before 2021.
THRICE AS NICE
Nimmo's triple was the Mets' second in 3 games, their fifth of the month and also eighth because Aug. 16, when Alonso tripled to finish a major league-record 68-game touch without a three-way. The Mets have 14 triples this season, tying the 1999 club for the franchise record for the fewest three-baggers in a full period.
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR'S ROOM
Phillies: Girardi claimed LF Andrew McCutchen had the wind knocked senseless of him while making a diving catch to rob Jeff McNeil of a hit in the seventh. McCutchen stayed in the video game after being checked out by Girardi as well as an instructor before being pulled for pinch-runner Mickey Moniak after attracting a walk in the 8th.
Mets: RHP Noah Syndergaard (Tommy John surgery) is set up to throw batting practice Sunday. It will be his 2nd time dealing with real-time batters considering that his rehab was disturbed by a favorable COVID-19 diagnosis. ... RHP Jacob deGrom (arm joint) threw off the mid-slope Saturday yet still has no schedule to deal with batters.
UP NEXT
Phillies: RHP Kyle Gibson (10-7, 3.49 AGE) is 0-2 with a 9.00 PERIOD in 3 beginnings this month.
Mets: LHP Rich Hill (6-7, 3.88 PERIOD) is trying to find his first win since being acquired from the Tampa fl Bay Rays July 23. Hill is 0-3 with a 3.88 AGE in 10 video games (nine starts) for the Mets.
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