Return of Wright, offensive explosion have Mets in NL East driver’s seat

And for good reason, if you ask his team. I’m not taking anything away from their team. “I nearly pulled a Wilmer Flores out there”, Wright said, alluding to how Flores began crying on the field July 29 when he thought he was being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers. He appeared in just four more games following that blast before hitting the disabled list with a hamstring strain that would eventually reveal spinal stenosis in Wright. He drove a 1-1 pitch from Morgan into the second deck in left field leading off the second inning. He also committed two errors. “Mentally, I feel a whole lot better now than I did three or four months ago – that’s for sure”, Wright said.

“Tonight I felt like I had some of the best stuff I’ve had all season”, Syndergaard said, now 8-6 overall with a 3.19 ERA. It was the fifth time that occurred, and the first time since May 17, 1979, when the Chicago Cubs hit six and the Phillies had five in a game Philadelphia won 23-22 in 10 innings.

Met-ville had been a very dark and dreary place during those collapses, but it now appears the Mets are emerging from the catacombs, holding a 5 1/2 game lead over the struggling Washington Nationals in the NL East.

The Mets have beaten the Phillies nine times in 10 games in 2015.

The Phillies have now lost seven straight games against the Mets. Haven’t we seen enough of hitters fixing their batting gloves, adjusting their cups, shining their shin guards, re-positioning their helmets, smelling the pine tar, and wiggling their hips before looking at the pitcher and getting in a position to actually swing the bat? Monday’s game was his first since April 14, which also was against the Phillies. One out later, Michael Cuddyer followed up with a solo home run. First, shortstop Freddy Galvis went deep to right field after Carlos Ruiz doubled. The Phillies re-signed Williams extremely early in the free agency process following last season in hopes he could replicate the 2.83 ERA he put up during his brief stint with the team. But he ran into trouble again in the sixth, exiting with one out in the inning and runners on the corners.

The New York Mets rebounded after a poor start from Jacob deGrom and blasted a franchise-record eight homers and scored 16 runs.

Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma gave up seven runs in the fifth inning as the Oakland Athletics rallied for an 11-5 triumph – Danny Valencia struck the go-ahead two-run homer – to halt an eight-game road losing streak.

Travis d’Arnaud worked a crucial eight-pitch walk with the bases loaded in the sixth to bring in the tying run.

Syndergaard helped his own cause with an RBI double in the bottom of the second that gave New York a 3-0 lead.