Overview

• Rookie Nolan McLean became the first Mets pitcher to win his first three MLB starts, lowering his ERA to 0.89 with an eight-inning, four-hit, zero-walk, six-strikeout shutout effort.
• Mark Vientos drove in three runs with an RBI single and a two-run homer, while Brandon Nimmo collected three hits to pace a 12-hit attack.
• New York opened the third with five consecutive hits off Taijuan Walker to build a 3-0 lead; Walker allowed four earned runs on 10 hits over five innings in the loss.
• The Mets improved to 7-2 against Philadelphia this season to clinch the head-to-head tiebreaker after winning the three-game series by a combined 25-8 margin.
• Philadelphia’s skid at Citi Field reached 10 straight losses, and the rivals will meet again for four games in Philadelphia from Sept. 8-11.