In Review: Mets @ Phillies 8/24/15

It was a record setting night for the boys in blue. The Mets took the field at Citizens Bank Park with a 5 game lead on Washington.

Jacob deGrom took the mound for New York and he did not look himself, he wasn't hitting his locations. Jake lasted just 2.2 innings. He allowed 7 runs 6 of them being earned. I would not be concerned with Jake everyone has a bad outing every once in a while and he should come back next start.

The offense was terrific once again scoring 16 runs. Wilmer Flores lead the charge driving five, but David Wright in his first game back set the tone for the evening with a solo home run in his first at bat since coming back from the disabled list. Going into the fourth inning the Mets were down 7-2. However the Mets came back for 14 unanswered to get there 68th win of the season to go 11 games over .500 for the first time since the conclusion of the 2008 season. New York powered out 8 home runs to set a club record. They also set the club record for extra base hits.

Wilmer Flores went 3-6, with 3 runs scored, 2 home runs, and driving in 5

Travis d'Arnaud also had a great night going 3-5, hitting a home run, a double, single, as well as driving in 5, and scoring a run

David Wright came back from the DL and made an immediate impact hitting a second inning home run, he also had a single

Sean Gilmartin came in to stop the bleeding from deGrom. He gave New York 3 1/3 shutout relief innings striking out 4 while allowing 3 hits and walking none. He was the winning pitcher going to (3-1, 2.34)

The Bullpen gave the Mets 6 1/3 shutout innings after getting a needed break on Sunday in Denver. Robles, O'Flaherty, C. Torres all gave the Mets no-hit innings after Gilmartin's outing.

The Phillies Bullpen gave up 11 earned runs after Morgan exited the game. Neris was the losing pitcher (2-1, 3.42)

Updated Standings:

East	W	L	PCT	GB	E#	WCGB	L10	STRK	HOME	ROAD	LAST GAME	NEXT GAME
NY Mets	68	56	.548	-	-	-	6-4	W4	42-21	26-35	8/24 @ PHI, W 16-7	8/25 @ PHI, 7:05 PM
Washington	62	61	.504	5.5	34	10.0	4-6	W2	33-24	29-37	8/23 vs MIL, W 9-5	8/25 vs SD, 7:05 PM
Atlanta	54	71	.432	14.5	24	19.0	2-8	W1	33-24	21-47	8/24 vs COL, W 5-3	8/25 vs COL, 7:10 PM
Miami	50	75	.400	18.5	20	23.0	4-6	L4	29-34	21-41	8/23 vs PHI, L 0-2	Live vs PIT
Philadelphia	50	75	.400	18.5	20	23.0	4-6	L1	28-31	22-44	8/24 vs NYM, L 7-16	8/25 vs NYM, 7:05 PM

Next Game is tomorrow Tuesday August 25, 2015 as the Mets will play the second game of this 4 game set in Philadelphia. Noah Syndergaard (7-6 3.17) will face Jerome Williams (4-9 6.10) at 7:05 on SNY.