coughed up the advantage in the eighth<\/a> only for the Mets offense again to awaken in the bottom of the ninth as four consecutive singles \u2014 the last a walk-off knock from Nimmo \u2014 clinched a stirring 6-5 victory in front of 41,914 at Citi Field that made the NL East race a little more interesting.<\/p>\nThe Mets (71-61) entered this series seven games back of the Phillies (76-56) for the division lead with seven head-to-head matchups remaining.<\/p>\n
Brandon Nimmo celebrates after his walk-off hit during the ninth inning of the Mets\u2019 6-5 win over the Phillies on Aug. 26, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
Two contests later, the Mets are within five games largely because of an offense that has awoken.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we would really like is for things to keep going well into the playoffs. I\u2019ve always said the hottest team wins in the playoffs,\u201d Nimmo said after the Mets beat the Phillies for a ninth straight time in Queens, including Games 3 and 4 of the 2024 NLDS. \u201cWe\u2019re really happy with the way the offense is playing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the past two-plus weeks and 14 games, the Mets have led the majors with 99 runs. The bottom of the order carried the club to a comeback victory Monday, and the top of the order was key in two key innings Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Brandon Nimmo is mobbed by teammates after hitting the game-winning RBI single in the ninth inning of the Mets\u2019 victory over the Phillies. Robert Sabo for New York Post<\/p>\n
After Edwin D\u00edaz blew away the heart of the Phillies order \u2014 striking out Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper before inducing a groundout from J.T. Realmuto \u2014 in the top of the ninth in a tie game, the Mets attack went to work in the bottom half.<\/p>\n
Against excellent closer Jhoan Duran, Starling Marte found a single and Alonso crushed a single. A pinch-hitting Baty looped a single of his own.<\/p>\n
Against a drawn-in infield, Nimmo swatted a single into left-center for the 12th and final hit the Mets would need, the club mobbing Nimmo just past first base.<\/p>\n
Pete Alonso douses outfielder Brandon Nimmo with Gatorade after the Mets\u2019 comeback win over the Phillies. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like we\u2019ve been swinging the bat for the whole month or so,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said after his bats went 5-for-10 with runners in scoring position. \u201cNow we\u2019re getting those balls to find holes. We\u2019re using the whole field. \u2026 With two outs, not trying to do too much.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mets could exhale after an eighth inning filled with inhales. Mendoza already had used Sean Manaea (charged with two runs in 4 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings, both of which scored after he exited), Gregory Soto, Huascar Brazob\u00e1n and Tyler Rogers. <\/p>\n
Pete Alonso rips a two-run double in the fifth inning of the Mets\u2019 win over the Phillies. Robert Sabo for New York Post<\/p>\n
Edwin D\u00edaz celebrates during the eighth inning of the Mets\u2019 win over the Phillies. Robert Sabo for New York Post<\/p>\n
The submariner needed just seven pitches in a clean seventh, but was pitching for a third time in the past four days. <\/p>\n
A righty pocket of the Philadelphia lineup was due up, so Helsley \u2014 who has largely been poor but threw a scoreless inning Monday \u2014 entered, and the Mets lead left.<\/p>\n
Mark Vientos rips an RBI single in the fifth inning of the Mets\u2019 victory over the Phillies. Robert Sabo for New York Post<\/p>\n
After striking out Alec Bohm, Helsley walked Nick Castellanos before former Met Harrison Bader clobbered a game-tying homer. Helsley\u2019s next pitch sailed over Luis Torrens\u2019 head during a plate appearance that ended with a Bryson Stott walk. Mendoza pulled Helsley, who was booed off the mound.<\/p>\n
D\u00edaz\u2019s dominance, clutch late work and one huge fifth inning ensured Helsley\u2019s issues would be pushed to the back burner.<\/p>\n
Pete Alonso celebrates after belting a two-run double in the fifth inning of the Mets\u2019 win over the Phillies. Robert Sabo for New York Post<\/p>\n
The Mets had fallen behind in the fifth, when Harper rapped a two-run single against Soto, and immediately responded with a 10-batter five-run bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n
Torrens (hit by a pitch) and Lindor (bloop single) began the uprising. Soto aimed an RBI single well up the middle. Marte walked a walk that infuriated Jes\u00fas Luzardo, who was pulled and ejected, in that order. Alonso doubled. Vientos singled. Nimmo added a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
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The Mets were rolling \u2014 and after a stumble would roll again.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur ability to respond and punch back once you get punched once,\u201d Mendoza said before correcting himself. \u201cOr twice.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor largely carried the Mets in April. They had cooled by June, when Juan…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":179527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,7599,33900,1266,405,403,1305,5226,5225,5228,13726,5227,3687,2083,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-179526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brandon-nimmo","10":"tag-mark-vientos","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-ny-sports-minute","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-pete-alonso","21":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115100363201547176","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}