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Mets Rally Past Phillies 13-3 as Vientos, Torrens Fuel Offensive Breakout

The rout trimmed New York’s NL East gap to six games.

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Overview

  • New York erased a 3-0 deficit by scoring 13 unanswered runs from the fourth through eighth innings at Citi Field.
  • The Mets went 11-for-19 with runners in scoring position as part of a 14-hit night.
  • Mark Vientos delivered the tiebreaking RBI double in the fifth and is 12-for-31 over his past eight games.
  • Backup catcher Luis Torrens hit a three-run homer and added two more RBI hits for his second career five-RBI game.
  • After Kodai Senga’s four-plus innings, five relievers combined for five scoreless frames, while Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez allowed a season-worst six runs, and play briefly paused when Alec Bohm reported glare from a center-field parabolic microphone that was removed.