NEW YORK — Juan Soto stood and stared as his third-inning, sky-scraping foul ball hooked just outside the foul pole in right field at Citi Field. For a moment, it was called a three-run home run. But the replay review showed it narrowly missed staying fair.
Close call.
Aaron Nola flirted with disaster at times throughout Monday night’s game in Queens, New York. The right-hander fought hard, again without his best stuff. The Phillies pushed their luck by sending him back out to the mound for the bottom of the seventh inning against the Mets. And after a few dicey spots — like Soto’s long strike — New York finally tacked on the cushion that it would need to hold on for a 5-4 win over Philadelphia in the opener of a three-game series.