New York Mets v Philadelphia PhilliesThe day after an Alec Bohm walk-off single in the tenth inning dropped the ’ magic number to three, this afternoon the Fightins’ took the third game in a row from the to drop the magic number to two.
The Mets struck first. With no outs, Zack Wheeler walked DJ Stewart and gave up a single to Ronny Mauricio. Brett Baty grounded to Trea Turner. Instead of putting his body in front of the ball, Turner attempted to play the ball backhanded. The ball got past him, allowing Stewart to score. Kyle Schwarber trotted in to field the ball and soft tossed it to Turner, who hung on to it a second too long before he realized Mauricio, who was fully aware that the…
