Mets top Phillies for fifth straight win

As for his perceived threat to Daniel Murphy before leaving the dugout, Bowa confirmed his anger toward the Mets second baseman stemmed from his bat flip in the sixth inning of Monday night’s rout. If they can’t understand why I was upset about that… As Ruf stood in the box with his head down Robles began his wind-up, and Ruf looked up as the pitch was sacked. I’m not taking anything away from their team. “It’s really fun being here right now”.

“They’re just obnoxious”, Andersen replied.

Syndergaard (8-6) helped himself with an RBI double in the second and a dominant first inning on the mound, dispatching the Phillies on 12 pitches.

Jose Abreu, Chicago White Sox: Blasting a homer in consecutive games, Abreu was two-for-four with a solo homer and two runs scored.

“I couldn’t throw any pitches where I wanted to and you’re not going to survive like that”, he said. “Hopefully all goes well, hopefully we win, and then I’ll do the same thing tomorrow”.

The Mets had the upper hand against the Phillies in their previous 11 games this season, earning a 10-1 record. It has happened five times, most recently on May 17, 1979 between the Phillies and Cubs. Center fielder Juan Lagares and left fielder Yoenis Cespedes also homered for New York, which trailed 7-2 after three innings.

Ryan Howard, Cameron Rupp and Domonic Brown got in on the action for the Phillies, but could not prevent the Mets from moving 5-5 games clear of the inactive Washington Nationals. The rookie righty struck out nine and picked up his first road win in the Mets’ 6-5 win over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

“Every once in a while you run into these lopsided games, but this was disappointing”, Phillies interim manager Pete Mackanin said. You can say old school, new school, whatever school you want, we’re talking about injuries in the game of baseball.

Braves 5, Rockies 3: Jonny Gomes drove in three runs with two hits, including a two-run homer in the first, and Atlanta beat Colorado to end its seven-game losing streak. Monday’s game was his first since April 14, which also was against the Phillies. His ERA rose from 1.98 to 2.29.Sean Gilmartin (3-1) had four strikeouts in 3 1-3 scoreless innings to earn the win.

Howard, who won an MVP in 2006 after hitting 58 home runs and 149 RBIs, has not topped the 100-RBI mark since 2011. First, shortstop Freddy Galvis went deep to right field after Carlos Ruiz doubled. In the fifth, Flores hit a three-run home run to give the Mets an 8-7 lead.

Wilmer Flores hit two home runs, including a go-ahead three-run shot in the fifth inning.

In his most recent outing, Eickhoff pitched 6.0 innings, allowing zero runs, striking out five and walking one in a 7-1 victory over the Marlins.