Daily News | Bats silent, defense shaky, pitching subpar in Phillies’ 8-2 loss to Mets
NEW YORK — In the bottom of the fifth inning of the Phillies’ eventual 8-2 loss to the Mets on Saturday night, Francisco Lindor took a 92 mph sinker from Zach Eflin and launched it straight toward the left-field wall. It was obvious that Lindor didn’t think it was going to go out or going to drop. He wasn’t hustling down the first-base line. But as the ball got closer to the wall, left fielder Kyle Schwarber and center fielder Odúbel Herrera converged on the same spot.
It was a sloppy play, a routine ball that had to be caught. What made matters worse was that the Phillies didn’t give Eflin enough run support. In the top of the fourth, while down 1-0, they loaded the bases with two singles and a walk and only one out. J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run single to drive in Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos, but that was the extent of the Phillies’ damage that inning, and for the game for that matter.
Including Saturday night’s game, the Phillies have faced Mets starter Taijuan Walker four times already this season. Walker increased his splitter usage over those four outings, but wasn’t giving the Phillies a drastically different look. Nevertheless, the Phillies’ offense failed to show up in the way Eflin needed it to, tallying only the two runs, six hits, and three walks against the Mets’ starter in his five innings.
The Mets, on the other hand, teed off on the Phillies’ staff, recording 10 hits, eight runs, and four walks.This was easily Eflin’s worst start of the season. He allowed seven earned runs through six innings . Even still, Eflin struggled, allowing eight hits, two walks, and a three-run homer to Jeff McNeil , with four strikeouts.
Eflin struggled in his previous outing against the Mets, too — allowing five earned runs through 4 1/3 innings on May 1 — but had pitched well over his last two outings. On May 22 against the Dodgers, he struck out a career-high 12, allowing only two earned runs through seven innings of work. That start felt like a distant memory on Saturday.The Phillies collected only seven hits on Saturday night, but four of them came from Realmuto and Castellanos.
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