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Bryson Stott plays hero in Phillies’ extra-inning comeback win over Mets

Bryson Stott was Monday’s hero. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)

Final: Phillies 5, Mets 4 (10 innings)

The trumpets blared at Citi Field as Edwin Díaz, one of baseball’s top closers, entered the game for a save. Bryson Stott then made late-inning music of his own.

Stott began a ninth-inning Phillies comeback with a home run off Díaz to right-center field before driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th. The infielder was the hero in a 5-4 extra-inning victory over the Mets on Monday night as Philadelphia won the first of a quick two-game set in New York before heading home to Citizens Bank Park for another two games between the two teams.

The comeback rewarded a hard-fought effort from starting pitcher Cristopher Sánchez. After walking in a run with no outs in the bottom of the third, the left-hander battled back for three straight strikeouts. A trainer checked on him, but he was more than fine. He escaped a potential disaster and locked in to toss 5 2/3 innings of three-run ball.

Runs didn’t come easily for most of the game as the Phillies scratched and clawed for offense. Backup catcher Garrett Stubbs, starting in the nine hole, perfectly placed a two-out, RBI bunt single in the top of the second, then Johan Rojas traded an out for a run on a grounder to shortstop in the seventh.

But Philadelphia had the momentum shift when Stott went deep to bring the Phillies within one. The Phillies loaded the bases as Díaz struggled to throw strikes — with some help on an incorrect no-swing call to let Whit Merrifield reach first on a walk. Alec Bohm was then hit by a pitch to tie it.

Stott stepped to the plate in the top of the 10th and drove a sacrifice fly to right field to give the Phillies the lead. Fittingly enough, he caught the final out in the bottom of the inning to secure the come-from-behind win.

Highlights

After Stott hit an infield single and Edmundo Sosa doubled to right field to start the second, the Phillies appeared primed to strand the runners at second and third. But Stubbs laid down a gutsy two-out bunt to put the Phillies on the board.

The Mets responded in the bottom of the second as J.D. Martinez hit an RBI double to knot the score and Tomás Nido singled him home to take a 2-1 lead.
Martinez walked with the bases loaded in the third before Sánchez dug in, keeping it a 3-1 Mets advantage.
With no outs and runners on second and third, Rojas grounded to shortstop to exchange an out for a run.
The Mets added another in the seventh as Alec Bohm couldn’t handle a chopper to third.
Stott hit a home run the start the Philllies’ comeback in the ninth. Bohm was hit with a pitch with the bases loaded to tie the game.

Stott hit a sacrifice fly to take the lead in the 10th, providing the game-winning RBI.

Notes

Designated hitter Kyle Schwarber and catcher J.T. Realmuto were out of the lineup for the second straight game. Schwarber pinch hit in the ninth inning.
Orion Kerkering was crucial with a scoreless ninth inning in relief.

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