LONDON — Bryce Harper celebrated with a soccer-style knee slide after his tying dwelling run, Ranger Suárez grew to become the season’s first 10-game winner and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 7-2 on Saturday within the opener of Main League Baseball’s third London Collection.
Harper sparked a six-run fourth that included Whit Merrifield’s three-run homer for the foremost league-best Phillies (45-19), who’ve gained 4 in a row and 7 of eight. Harper was a triple shy of the cycle.
“I did not inform any of my teammates as a result of I wished all of them to be fairly shocked,” Harper mentioned of his celebration.
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Nick Castellanos added an eighth-inning homer and watched from the batter’s field till he knew it was contained in the left-field foul pole at London Stadium, dwelling of the Premier League membership West Ham.
Suárez (10-1) allowed two runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings for the Phillies, who performed their first recreation outdoors North America. Philadelphia supervisor Rob Thomson obtained his 2 hundredth regular-season win (200-137).
Suárez mentioned by means of a translator he was “a little bit wild at this time with my pitches” earlier than making changes. His ERA rose from 1.70 to 1.81.
After Starling Marte’s RBI double within the first, Harper pulled a sweeper from Sean Manaea (3-3) over the Mets bullpen in proper. The 2-time NL MVP then did a soccer slide in entrance of the Phillies dugout and moments later yelled “I really like soccer!” whereas high-fiving teammates.
Harper has a team-high 15 homers and the Phillies are 22-0 when Harper has an RBI.
Edmundo Sosa’s two-out single to proper put the Phillies forward 2-1 and Merrifield hit his third homer of the season, a drive into the Phillies bullpen. Kyle Schwarber chased Manaea with an RBI single.
Marte had pursued Sosa’s fly ball however pulled up and it bounced in entrance of him.
“They had been having a tough time seeing the ball off the bat,” Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned.
Requested about Harper’s celebration, Mendoza mentioned he has no points with it.
Manaea gave up six runs and 7 hits and has allowed 11 earned runs in his final two begins, elevating his ERA from 3.16 to 4.30. Manaea was roughed up in a begin at Mexico Metropolis final yr for San Francisco.
Lindor, who had two hits and a stroll, beat Harper’s throw dwelling after J.D. Martinez grounded out within the fifth. The Mets (27-36), who had gained their earlier three video games, had been the house workforce and would be the highway workforce for Sunday’s collection finale. Retired captain David Wright was within the stands to look at.
Pitchers had hoped cooler climate would preserve the ball within the park – it was sizzling throughout slugfests in 2019 and final yr. The temperature in East London was 65 levels (18 Celsius) on the first pitch.
The deepest a beginning pitcher has gone in London was six innings by Justin Steele of the Chicago Cubs final yr in a 9-1 win over St. Louis.
