For the second straight night, the Philadelphia Phillies (85-69) beat the New York Mets (71-83) by a score of 5-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the four game series.
Mets’ center fielder, Brandon Nimmo, fought his way through a seven-pitch at-bat against Taijuan Walker to lead off the game with a walk. Walker retired the two and three hole hitters on balls in play before Mets’ first baseman, Pete Alonso, looped a first pitch sinker toward the right field line that landed fair and sliced into section 109 for an RBI ground rule double.