Mets vs. Phillies Game Highlights (7/16/26) | MLB Highlights

New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies supposed to start this game at 710. We've been moved up one hour because of the conditions outside. It has been smoky and smoggy all day and will be later into the night. And the conditions expected to worsen. Arenola's going to be on the mound tonight. The veteran righty 3-6 with a 5-7-5 ERA. But there are some signs, Adam, that he is trending in the right direction. Yeah, you're right, Carl. Last two starts, 15 strikeouts, only two walks. That's always a good indication that you're doing something right out there. 57 career major league games. That's it for A.J. Ewing. He's reached in 43 of them, but he will not there. Back-to-back change-ups, Adam, to pick up strikeout number one. Here is one of the great hitters of our time. That is Juan Soto. Arenola knows it. Back up the middle, turn of ranges. It goes off his glove and into center field. Soto is aboard and a very difficult play. But, again, a little reminder of one of the things the Phillies do have to be concerned about in their defense. One on, one out. Bobichette coming on top of the first inning. He got jammed there. Harper will come up with it. He'll fire to Turner, who will throw back. And they will get the double play. Bryce Harper at first base. He turns the double play. It goes 3-6-3. Mets send 27-year-old Christian Scott off of Tommy John surgery and improving with each start back to the mound tonight. The sweeper has also improved dramatically. It's moving more and there's been a ton of swing and miss. So, two up and two down for Christian Scott. I say that because, as we talked about just a couple moments ago in our pitcher preview, these are the moments that Andy Green, the interim manager, wants to see, and in his words, step on the throat of the opponent. So, that will bring Bryce Harper to the plate. Working ahead. Got him to chase. Splitter up top as well. Awfully impressive. 1-2-3 inning. It took ten pitches. One pitch, one out here in the second. He'll bring Carson Benge to the plate. Hit hard inside there the other way. Base hit. Going into left field along the line. Marsh over to cut it off and fling in. Benge is content with a single. We got two down. This is Jared Young at the plate. No luck. Has been very good so far. Runner goes. That one is in there for a strike. There was an attempt to get him, and that's a stolen base for Benge. He's been a threat, and that's his 16th of the year. The 1-2 pitch. Swing and a miss. He got him. Another strikeout for Aaron Nolan. He strands that runner. Two outs, and it'll bring Bryson Stott to the plate. Philly still looking for their first base runner. Swing, and that one is into the mitt. Really good job by Christian Scott, who fell behind for the first time. But six up, six down. There's one away. Alvarez a .254, nine homers, 22 RBIs. 1-2. Hit pretty well to center field. That sends Crawford back. Still going back. Looks at the wall. It's gone. Into the trees for the nine-hole hitter Francisco Alvarez. His 10th, and the Mets grab a 1-0 lead. For Alvarez, his 10th of the season. Anytime you see a center fielder's numbers on a dead sprint back to the track as a hitter, you feel like this is a good sign, and it was. Here's A.J. Ewing with the Mets ahead 1-0. Third strikeout. A.J. Ewing goes down for the second time tonight. The curveball got him. And there are two down here in the third for Juan Soto. Soto works the Mets' first walk of the game. Now with two outs, that brings Beau Bichette to the plate. Bichette chases one down and away. Nolan picks up his fourth strikeout. J.T. Realmuzo will step in to lead things off. And they found their first base runner. Base hit. Back up the middle. And J.T. is aboard with a leadoff single here in the third. Robert Konis, Jr. steps in. Foul tip. Rainn Konis down on strikes. It was a check swing that was held on by Alvarez. And Scott has his third strikeout of the night. They adjusted Crockert next. Swings at that one. This one has popped up. He may have gotten Alvarez, and it is caught. That one, the bat struck Alvarez. Scott comes in to make the play to catch it in foul territory, but we've got to be concerned about Francisco Alvarez. You heard it on that swing. Yeah, he got a barrel full of face masks right here. Yeah. I don't know if he's shook up. No, I mean, that was somebody punching you as hard as they can in the jaw. And then that's a conversation going, Joe, if you think I'm coming out of this game. We've got another thing coming. That's just the type of guy that Alvarez is. I say that a little tongue in cheek, but Alvarez needed a minute there. That's one that really tumbled him down. Alvarez is staying in the game. Here's Trey Turner. Wow, big sweeper there. Trey Turner is gone. Four strikeouts in the game for Christian Scott. Keep an eye on Alvarez after taking a bat off of his cheek. He looks okay. He's got the homer. It's 1-0. Dangerous pitch against the most prolific homerun hitter this year. Swung on and missed, strike three. Threw him a backdoor cutter. Schwerber offered. Goes down on strikes. Fifth strikeout of the night for Christian Scott. There's one away. Bryce Harper steps in to face Christian Scott. Two on hard on the ground. Off the bag. And it bounces over. Harper for Jared Young's get to second, and he will have a double. Tumbling for Jared Young. Took a tough hop right around the bag. Gets a fortunate hop right over the glove and a tenth of Young. Couldn't really gauge the velocity of the ball coming at him. Harper stays at second. Two outs. Alec Bohn next. Swung on, popped up. First base side towards foul territory, Jared Young. Makes the catch right near the coach's box. For the final out in the fourth inning. Christian Scott gives up a one-out double to Bryce Harper. But nothing else strands him in scoring position. And that is a leadoff walk to Young here in the fifth. Red Beatty coming up. Well, nothing. Metz in the fifth. Shot up the middle, and it's going to get down. And there are going to be two aboard as Nola left the changeup right over the heart. And the bases are loaded. His third walk of the night, second of the inning. Third time through here for Ewing, who he's gotten twice. Liner. Harper. Double play. A disaster for the Mets. And a massive break for Aaron Nola. Yeah, that's tough when you're at first base. But you have to know that anything on a line, you immediately go right back to the bag if you are at first base or on the bases. Line drive right here. As soon as you see it, you have to break back. There's no reason why Alvarez is breaking right instead of left. Intentional walk to Soto. So it will be the third time tonight that he has reached an opportunity for Bichette. A one-two. Reaches out. Shallow right field. It's an easy one, though, for Gabriel Ranconis. Aaron Nola. A walk, a single, and a walk to load him up. Got the double play he needed. And Bichette to fly out. He's through five. And we start with a Scott-Stott matchup here in the bottom of the fifth. He got him there. 96 up top. Six strikeouts for Christian Scott. And this will be, again, another big challenge at bat for Scott, who got the first two men out. Trying to get Gabriel Ranconis Jr. and get through five. Three. Two called. Strike three. Ranconis quickly goes to his penalty to challenge it. Oh, he's going to be disappointed. Everybody on the field looks up to the big giant scoreboard and left. Here it comes. It lights up red. One left. It's a good call. One zip. We're through five. The 19th overall pick by the Mets in 24 out of Oklahoma State. And this one to Hopper. And Turner misplayed that thing. And that's going to be another error. Trey Turner, a good hustle from Bich to get to second base. Committed and never made that adjustment because he's thinking Ben just hopped it. He's really busting it down the line. And that ball just eats him up. Two balls and two strikes. Kick. Pitch. Swing and a miss. He got him. Big pitch there from Aaron Nola. His fifth strikeout of the night. And that's the second out here in the sixth. It'll bring Jared Young to the plate. In and a miss. Another strikeout. A good inning for Aaron Nola who thought he had a quick one. But the error by Turner got Bench to second where he will get stranded. So, two outs. And that will bring Schwarber to the plate. Three straight lefties here with two down. He has not had near the success against lefty Scott. Then righties. And Schwarber sends one to the seats. Will it be? Yes. It's his 33rd. Looks like it was off the top of the wall and not a homer for Schwarber. Right off the top. And it comes back. It'll be a double for Kyle Schwarber. You see some fans up there saying take a look at it. I think they are going to take a look at it. The fans are saying that it was a home run. Oh, my. That's the top of the railing. Live and in play. This is a Crew Chief Review. It looks like his bid for a major league leading 33rd might be derailed. The ball hit the railing is in play. The call on the field stands. That's why the Philly fans are the best at bowling. With that double and the lefties continuing to come up, that's going to be the end of the night for Christian Scott. And it's now left on left for Bryce Harper. Brooks Raley with an ERA of just over two trying to keep this game 1-0. The pitch to Harper. And now they're going to throw behind him, and he's caught off second. And another throw down to third, and it's unable to be handled by Bo Bichette. A poor throw from Francisco Lindor. They had Schwarber dead to rights. And the Phillies get a break there. Larry, to your point, what was Schwarber doing? I don't know. Maybe he was trying to do that. It is a walk, and they'll go after Marsh, the lefty, who's having a career year. Raley had a marshall in two. He got a good pitch there by Raley. A sweeper at 81 to get out of it. And in the game of inches, Schwarber's ball hits off the railing and back into play. Stays 1-0. And it's 0-1 on Beatty, who is one for two tonight against Nola. He was part of that rally in the fifth inning when the Mets loaded the bases with nobody out but could not score. That ball is also ripped to right. Did Beatty do it? Yes. This time it's over, and Brett Beatty has left the yard. Fifth home comes off Nola here in the seventh. It's 2-0 Mets. And for Brett Beatty, second career hit off Aaron Nola, and this one's a big one. Don Mattingly believing in Nola, keeping him in there. Alvarez took Nola to dead center back in the third. 3-1. Nola Alvarez gets into one to left. Marsh looks up, and that one came to the seats. Schwarber got robbed by the railing, and Alvarez hit one just off the top or just above it for his second blast of the night. And back-to-back homers make it 3-0 New York. The old baseball is a game of inches. Kyle Schwarber hits one literally off the top of the railing, comes back into the field to play, called a ground rule double. And look at how close Alvarez's came. It snuck over the railing. Don Mattingly is on his way out to the mound to take the baseball from Aaron Nola, who all night long was really, really good. But he allows the two home runs here in the seventh, two quick outs here for Luke Weaver and the Mets here in the eighth inning. Now here's Turner, his 0 for 3. And that ball is smoked left field and deep, and this one is out of here. Trey Turner, touch him all the time. Home run for Trey Turner, number 11 on the year, and it puts the Phillies on the board. They now trail it 3-1. No doubt about that one. Boy, he just attacked that pitch, and he had one he liked. Young ready to go. He's bouncing around over there. Now the pitch. Grounded inside third the other way. It's a base hit. Off the side wall, heads to the corner and gets past Marsh. Young around third, heading home. Turner's throw to the plate on the way. Not in time. Jared Young slides in, feet first, swiping by with his hand across the plate. A.J. Ewing adds insurance. And there are two outs as the Mets look to close this one out and start the second half on a good note. Williams on a 1-2, swing and a miss. Alvarez will touch bone, and that will end the game. Bottom of the order blast from Beatty, two from Alvarez, a good start from Scott, and save number 100 in the career of Devin Williams.