Final Score Game 1: Phillies 3, Mets 2-No comeback this time

Max Scherzer was not at his best after getting two extra days off and the Mets dropped the first game of the doubleheader 3-2 on another chilly day at Citizens Bank Park.

The Mets were down early when Bryce Harper took Scherzer deep in the first inning and then he struck again in the third with an RBI single. The Mets ace continued to struggle in the fourth but the Phillies tried hard to help him out of the inning with some head-scratching baserunning but Bryson Scott brought home the eventual winning run with a single.

Scherzer eventually did settle down and put in a quality start which gave the Mets a chance to come back. They rallied in the sixth, but unfortunately a double play by James…