Mets finish perfect homestand as Starling Marte delivers walk-off hit in win over Phillies

The Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, winning 4-3 in 10 innings on Wednesday afternoon, rounding out a perfect 7-0 homestand.

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Mets finish perfect homestand as Starling Marte delivers walk-off hit in win over Phillies

The Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, winning 4-3 in 10 innings on Wednesday afternoon, rounding out a perfect 7-0 homestand.

Here are the key takeaways...

-A huge moment came in the top of the eighth inning. With two on and two outs, Max Kepler lined a hit into right field, with Nick Castellanos steamrolling home for the potential go-ahead run. But Juan Soto came up firing, throwing a dart to the plate that was slightly offline, and Hayden Senger lunged and applied the tag just in the nick of time, keeping the game scored at 2-2.

-With the game still tied into extras, the Phillies pushed a run across againstEdwin Diaz in the 10th, as free runner Bryce Harper stole third and came in to score on a Castellanos single past a drawn in Mark Vientos. Diaz then committed a balk, disengaging three times, before motioning to the dugout. After talking to coaches and trainers, Diaz left the game, and the balk was overturned since it was deemed he stepped off due to injury.

Diaz was pitching in his second inning of work, and he ended up throwing 18 pitches before leaving the game.

-Max Kranick took over on the mound, and was able to escape a bases-loaded, one-out jam, keeping the Phillies' lead at one run. In the bottom of the inning, Pete Alonso delivered an RBI double off of Jordan Romano, tying the game and putting the winning run in scoring position. Starling Marte then played hero, lining a soft single into center to score Alonso and give the Mets a walk-off victory.

-Prior to the game, Carlos Mendoza discussed the roster crunch looming when Jeff McNeil and Francisco Alvarez return, which will likely be on Friday. Brett Baty may have made that decision even more difficult in the bottom of the second, when he blasted a no-doubt, two-run home run off of Zack Wheeler, depositing the ball in the the upper deck in right field.

Baty went 1-for-2 with his first big fly of the season, and was later pinch-hit for in the top of the seventh inning.

-David Peterson dealt with traffic on the bases for most of his outing, but he did a nice job of mitigating any damage, like in the second when he escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam without allowing a run. The Phillies did get to him for a pair of runs in the fourth on RBI knocks from Johan Rojas and Trea Turner, but that was all the tall lefty would surrender.

Peterson went 5.1 innings, allowing two earned runs on eight hits while striking out two and walking one batter.

-Francisco Lindor stayed hot at the plate, reaching base three times, including a pair of hits. Lindor had multiple hits in each of the three games against the Phillies, raising his batting average from .271 at the start of the series, to .309 at the end.

-Brandon Nimmo had a quiet day at the plate, but he made a couple of terrific plays in the field. In the fifth, Nimmo went all out to dive and catch a sinking Castellanos line drive, and then in the sixth he followed that up by running full speed and jumping to grab an Alec Bohm liner that looked like it was bound to go for extra bases over his head.

-Wheeler, who came into the game with a 3.56 ERA in 15 starts against his former team, had another good showing. The former Met went 6.0 innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and two walks. Like Peterson, he left the game without factoring into a decision.

Who was the game MVP?

Marte, who came into the game as a pinch-hitter and later delivered the game-winning knock.

Highlights

Upcoming schedule

The Mets have a day off on Thursday before hitting the road for a four-game series in Washington D.C. against the Nationals.

Kodai Senga will start for the Mets, while the Nats have not yet announced a starter.

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