PHILADELPHIA — Brett Baty hesitated getting the ball out of his glove. Josh Walker failed to throw the ball over the plate. Jeff Brigham threw his baseballs directly at Phillies hitters.
Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner couldn't escape the wild ones and the Phillies sluggers were plunked in consecutive at-bats.
The Mets simply couldn't get out of their own way in a fundamental breakdown in the eighth inning that turned almost comical -- at least for Phillies fans -- as they choked away a sure thing.
The final tally, for those keeping score at home, the Phillies walked three times, were hit twice, reached on an error and had just one hit in a 10-batter, four-run eighth inning that set off a 7-6 win over New York on Sunday.