Bohm's RBI single in 10th lifts Phillies past Mets 5-4 and closer to 2nd straight playoff trip
The Phillies, winners of six of eight, are four games ahead of Arizona for the first NL wild card.
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The Phillies, winners of six of eight, are four games ahead of Arizona for the first NL wild card.
Nick Castellanos homered and drove in four runs to set a career high for RBIs in a season and the Philadelphia Phillies maintained their hold on the top NL wild-card spot with a 5-4 victory over the New York Mets.
Nick Castellanos homered for the Phillies, who opened a 10-game homestand. Philadelphia began play holding the second wild-card spot in a tightly bunched playoff race.
Mets reliever Jeff Brigham hit Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to force in the tying and go-ahead runs and third baseman Brett Baty committed a crucial throwing error that sparked a meltdown and led to the Philadelphia Phillies' 7-6 win against New York.
Both teams have whirled in different directions since the Mets finished a three-game home sweep of the Phillies on June 1.
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Roger Craig, who pitched for three championship teams during his major league career and then managed the Giants to the 1989 World Series that was interrupted by a massive earthquake, has died.
The Philadelphia Phillies lost against the New York Mets 4-2 Thursday night.
Mark Canha homered and drove in four runs to lead Carlos Carrasco and the New York Mets past the slumping Philadelphia Phillies 4-1.
Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm is out of the starting lineup for the second time in three games.
The Philadelphia Phillies lost against the New York Mets Tuesday night 2-0 in the NL East rivals.
Max Scherzer was ejected in the fourth inning after the umpires' check of his glove, but Brandon Nimmo went 5 for 5 and New York's bullpen came through in the Mets' 5-3 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers.
Mets general manager Billy Eppler said the veteran right-hander would undergo surgery Thursday.
Díaz was taken off the field in a wheelchair in Miami soon after pitching a perfect ninth inning to close out Puerto Rico's 5-2 win over the Dominicans.
Justin Verlander, who was with the Houston Astros at the time, later clarified it was done all in "jest."
The beginning of the perhaps most anticipated Phillies-Mets series in years is not on cable TV.
Jean Segura had his first multi-homer game in almost five years and Aaron Nola snapped a nine-start winless streak, leading the surging Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets 5-3 Saturday.
October baseball is here with the Wild Card games getting started on Tuesday.
The MLB All-Star voting process moves from the Primary to the Starters Election, which is scheduled to begin Wednesday.
A cut water pipe led to flooding of two floors of the Buck O'Neil Research and Education Center, delaying the $4 million renovation project.
If the Mets want to salvage the season and make a true playoff run this year, they need to start by providing Jacob deGrom the run and bullpen support that the ace deserves.
The Mets could trade deGrom and Syndergaard for a bunch of prospects, or keep them as the only true pillars on a crumbling 2018 season.
