Francisco Lindor stays hot with pair of homers as Mets beat Phillies, 5-4, for fifth straight win

The Mets held on to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, on Monday night to notch their fifth consecutive win.

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Francisco Lindor stays hot with pair of homers as Mets beat Phillies, 5-4, for fifth straight win

The Mets held on to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, on Monday night to notch their fifth consecutive win.

Here are the takeaways...

-Leadoff Lindor struck again for the second game in a row as Francisco Lindor took Phillies starter Aaron Nola deep in his first at-bat. The 376-foot blast to right field gave New York a 1-0 lead which it's been getting accustomed to lately as Lindor has hit three leadoff home runs already this season.

The shortstop continues to thrive leading off the game and is now 10-for-21 with six extra-base hits in that spot. More on him later.

-The Mets got to Nola once again in the second as Jesse Winker jumped all over a 2-0 fastball for his first home run of the season and New York's second leadoff homer in two innings.

-The two runs would be all Tylor Megill needed as the right-hander completely dominated Philadelphia's lineup over his 5.1 innings of work. Megill matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts on the night -- the first time he's reached double-digit strikeouts in four years -- and only allowed one hit (while walking four).

Megill lowered his season ERA to 1.09 through five starts and 24.2 innings as the 29-year-old has been a huge boost for the Mets who continue to lead MLB in ERA.

-With one out in the sixth and a runner on first base, manager Carlos Mendoza chose to pull Megill after 92 pitches in favor of Reed Garrett who had stranded eight out of eight inherited runners entering Monday's game. The reliever made it nine of nine after working around a hit and getting the final two outs of the inning and has yet to allow an earned run over 9.2 innings to start the year.

-Having already allowed two home runs in the first two innings, Nola almost gave up a third after Juan Soto cranked a 1-2 pitch down the right-field line that was initially ruled a three-run homer but was overturned and ruled a foul ball. After review, it appeared Soto just missed his first Citi Field home run as a Met.

-Able to pitch into the seventh inning after a bumpy start, Nola left with runners on first and second and one out. With those baserunners Nola's responsibility, reliever Jose Ruiz entered the game to try and help his starter and escape the jam. After getting one out, Ruiz had to get through Lindor, but the red-hot shortstop crushed his second home run of the game on the second pitch he saw to give New York a 5-0 lead.

Lindor finished 2-for-3 with a walk, four RBI and two runs scored.

-Bidding for a three-inning save after entering a 2-0 game in the seventh inning and getting the first six outs on 23 pitches, Max Kranick struggled to start the ninth and allowed a run on two hits. A third consecutive hit allowed by Kranick prompted Mendoza to opt for his closer Edwin Diaz, but that decision didn't come without some nerves as Diaz allowed a three-run homer to Bryson Stott that cut the Mets' lead to a skinny run.

Diaz rebounded quickly, though, and struck out Trea Turner and Bryce Harper to end the game.

Game MVP: Francisco Lindor

His two home runs proved to be the difference in the game as the Phillies made things interesting in the ninth inning.

Highlights

What's next

The Mets continue their three-game series against their division rivals on Tuesday with first pitch scheduled for 7:10 p.m.

RHP Griffin Canning (2-1, 3.43 ERA) will pitch for New York while the Phillies counter with LHP Cristopher Sanchez (2-0, 2.96 ERA).

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