Mets complete the four-game sweep

Phillies' pitcher Aaron Harang throws the baseball in the second-inning against the New York Mets on Thursday, August 27, 2015 in Philadelphia. (Yong Kim/Staff Photographer)A 9-5 final marked the New York Mets' first four-game sweep of the Phillies in Philadelphia since September 2002.

The series finale took 13 innings to decide. In the end, the Mets maintained their 61/2 game lead atop the National League East standings over the Washington Nationals. Four runs in the top of the 13th were more than enough. Three earned runs were charged to Hector Neris, who also accounted for one of three Phillies errors in the frame.

The Mets belted three more home runs in the game, each off starter Aaron…