Bryce Harper and Whit Merrifield hit home runs in an explosive six-run fourth inning for the Phillies.
National League East leaders the Philadelphia Phillies opened their two-game London Series against divisional rivals the New York Mets with a 7-2 victory in front of 53,882 at London Stadium.
Major League Baseball’s last two London Series at the same venue had coincided with heat waves in Britain, weather which on Friday both managers posited could partially explain why those editions had been hugely high-scoring affairs.
It remained 1-0 until the top of the fourth, when Phillies first baseman Harper – who changed his walk-up song to the Spice Girls’ ‘Wannabe’ for the occasion – celebrated his solo homer with a football-style knee slide, Edmundo Sosa hit an RBI single, Merrifield landed his three-run shot in the visitors’ left-field bullpen and Kyle Schwarber singled to make it 6-1.
The Mets finally clawed a run back when Lindor beat the throw at home on a fielder’s choice, then emerged empty-handed from a two-out rally in the sixth, when Orion Kerkering came on to replace Suarez, who struck out six across his 5.2 innings.
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