NEW YORK — Sean Manaea carried a shutout into the eighth inning and benefited from robust protection behind him Tuesday by the host New York Mets, who beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 in Recreation 3 of a Nationwide League Division Collection.
Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker homered, Starling Marte and Jose Iglesias every had two-run singles and Francisco Lindor added an RBI double for the Mets, who lead the best-of-five collection two video games to 1. Recreation 4 is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, when host New York will goal to achieve the NL Championship Collection for the primary time since 2015.
The Phillies, who reached the World Collection in 2022 and the NLCS in 2023, have not received a recreation when going through elimination since defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in Recreation 5 of the 1993 World Collection.
Manaea (1-0), who entered Tuesday with a ten.66 ERA in 4 profession playoff appearances, gave up one run on three hits whereas hanging out six, strolling two and plunking two over seven-plus innings.
Probably the most well-struck hit off Manaea was Alec Bohm’s one-out single off the right-center area wall within the fourth, however middle fielder Tyrone Taylor barehanded the carom and fired to shortstop Francisco Lindor, who made a swipe tag on the sliding Bohm.
Manaea received out of a jam within the sixth, when he walked Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner to open the inning. The 32-year-old southpaw then struck out Bryce Harper on three pitches and received Nick Castellanos to line to second, the place Iglesias tossed to Lindor to double up Schwarber.
Manaea exited to a standing ovation after giving up Edmundo Sosa’s infield single main off the eighth. Harper and Castellanos had back-to-back two-out RBI singles towards Phil Maton and Ryne Stanek earlier than Bohm flew out to strand two.
Alonso continued his run of dramatic moments by homering on the primary pitch he noticed from Aaron Nola (0-1) within the second inning. It was the third homer within the final 4 video games for Alonso, an impending free agent who prolonged the Mets’ season by hitting a three-run ninth-inning homer final Thursday in New York’s 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Recreation 3 of an NL wild card collection.
Winker homered deep into the second deck in proper within the fourth. Marte and Iglesias added their insurance coverage hits within the sixth and seventh earlier than Lindor delivered his hit with two outs within the eighth.
Nola (0-1) gave up 4 runs on 5 hits and two walks whereas hanging out eight over five-plus innings.
–Jerry Seashore, Discipline Degree Media
