METS vs. PHILLIES: Official Full Game Highlights (July 19) | 2026 MLB Season

The key to any series for the Philadelphia Phillies is to win that series and today the Phillies have a chance to do that. A beautiful day for baseball. Finally the humidity's out, finally the smoke is out, but yes the Mets fans are here, but there's more Phillies fans to of course drown them out. It's game three of this series. So the Phillies will start Allen Ron Held today, but this fifth spot in the rotation it's going to be key moving forward. It's tough to go through a series when your fifth starter is not winning games. I think right now the best option the Phillies have is Ron Held. With Zach Wheeler, Christopher Sanchez, or Jesus Lozada start a game for the Phillies. They are 41 and 14. If anybody else starts they are 14 and 30. 2-0. That one's out to right field going back on it. Rincones Jr. makes the catch. And that'll bring up Juan Soto who is de-aging today. Fly ball right center field. Rincones again. He and Crawford are there and Gabriel makes the call. All right John, not bad. Six pitches in, two outs. Yeah, six pitches in, two outs. As yesterday we're held to just three hits and one run. 22nd time this year the Mets have been held to one run or fewer. That's the most in the National League. This ball is yet batting right. Who knows how long Ron Held's supposed to go in this one. Last time he saw the Mets he went just four. So it's not as if they have injected him into this rotation as we've given him six and seven, which is what the likes of Christopher Sanchez and Jesus Lozada and Zach Wheeler do with their eyes closed. Bichette keeps fouling him off. Fouled back again. So Bichette scratching and clocking. What a turn that for Bowe. There it is. And the curveball misses low of the ball for him. Bichette works out an 11-pitch walk. Now things move forward now to Francisco Lindor. So two out, now Lindor. All for eight in this series. And to fight his way out of the miasma. Yes. And Lindor walks one to deep right field. Forget that. That is way out of here. Deep into the second deck. Lindor crashes a 2-1 homer. And the Mets jump out to an early 2-0 lead. And when you're in the miasma, you got to hit a rocket to get out of it. Ron Held gave up two home runs in his last outing and only three in the third inning. So the home run ball plagues him again. Six left-handed bats in the lineup against Nolan McClain this afternoon. His last eight games though, McClain settled down. 2.35 ERA. Yeah, you're going to see a lot of this from Nolan McClain. You're going to see quite a few swings and misses. Beautiful start for Nolan McClain. 1-2-3 go the Bills. 2-0 New York. Brett Baby leads off against Alan Ron Held. And first pitch change-up lined into right field and it's down for a base hit. So Baby will stay back enough to drop that ball into right center. He's got a leadoff hit. Here's Terrence Batting Wright. Despite the fact that he is really a backup catcher, he has more defensive runs saved than any catcher in baseball. That's a fair ball over the bag. It's going to go all the way into the deep corner. Baby flying around third. He's going to be waved around and he will score without a throw. Luis Terrence with an RBI double and it's 3-0 New York. Mets jumping out quick. It would be nice for them to take a road series, particularly here in Philadelphia. And he lays off the ball four. So he'll walk to the fourth time of this series. Ron Held, 46 pitches in. He's not out of the second inning. He had a pitcher who got two easy outs to start the game. And then Bichette works an 11-pitch walk. That's right. And that really just changes the entire tide of the early portion of the game. Bichette loops one into shallow center. That is going to fall for a base hit. Around third comes Terrence, but he will stop there. So Bichette dunks a single into center field to load the bases. Ron Held is just treading water right now for the Phillies. If you're the Mets, this is an opportunity to finally give yourself a little bit of a cushion. Something they have wanted so badly and needed so badly and have not had this season. Curveball drilled into right field for a base hit. Terrence is in. Soto will stop at third as Rincones gets it in. So Mundore cashes his third RBI of the day and the Mets lead 4-0. We'll see how long Don Mattingly leaves Ron Held out there. This is what has plagued the Phillies all year. Of course, Rincones flips the glasses down, having trouble with it, and he makes the catch and Soto comes home. Rincones airmails the cutoff man and the other runners move up. Watch his glasses. Watch what he does. They're not flip downs. Oh, I better put them on. Really? He takes them off the top of his head. I have never seen that. And he lost the ball in the process. I've seen that at Macy's. I don't see it on the field. That is the best advertisement I have ever seen for wearing flip down sunglasses. Here's Alec Bohm who was hitting 216. The 1-1 to Bohm. Hit hard off McLean's foot. It rolls toward first. Young picks it up. Dives for the bag. Bohm is safe. He dove in as well. So Bohm is safe at first and now we find out about McLean. Now, did it get his shoe or did it get him somewhat higher on his ankle? I didn't see it. Oh, got the shin. That one's the one that really hurts but you can't show it. So you just you wave them back but you're really smarting for a while. That'll leave a notch on your leg. 0-1. Chopper hit to short. Could be two. Lindor's got it. Flipped to Simeon. One on the first. Double play right on cue. McLean cruised through the first with a couple of strikeouts. Gave up a infield single with one out in the second to Bohm. McLean mowed through the top of the Phillies order in the first with two K's. Back-to-back K's to finish off the Phillies in the third. Two strikeouts for Nolan McLean in the inning. Ron Hell had a much more efficient third inning when he used just 11 pitches to retire the Mets in order. Swung on, fought off the opposite way through the right side of base hit. And Bohm has shed a board for the third time today and I'll tell you what, his at-bats at points in this game have really been the turning points of innings. A high ball four and that'll put Rutters on first and second. Two outs and bench coming up. Swung on a hit on the ground to Harper. A couple of bounces, he waits, he grabs it, steps on the bag for the final out. So a couple of extra pitches in that inning but no runs for the Mets. Six home runs in his last seven games against the Mets. First opposition player to do that against the Mets since Kyle Schwarber in 2021. And he came up and in with a fastball to get Schwarber. That's three consecutive strikeouts from McLean. Five on the day. Talked about that in the open. You just got to tie him up. He's just too strong. Anything out over the plate. Stands right on the dish, wants you to throw away, which is the meat of his bat, and just got to tie up. It's just so muscular and strong. And Marsh chases the curveball down for strike three. Did he get a piece of that? Notorious is saying no. No, I don't think he did. Oh, that's not. I don't think he did. No way. Not even close. Play not reviewable there. Marsh gets a life. McLean's ready to go. The payoff. Swing and a ground ball hit towards the middle. Lindor behind the bag fields. Flips to first for the out. And Nolan McLean has a 1-2-3 fourth inning. Nolan McLean working with a 5-0 lead. Alec Bohlm has the only hit. He banks one from McLean's leg for an infield hit. And Bohlm goes down on the high cutter. And that's six strikeouts for McLean. He's really effectively used that high fastball today. Yes, he has. Three or four times. Taylor drifting toward the line. Can he stop the fly ball? And they're two out. Very efficient start for Mr. McLean. Curveball in for a call strike three. Gosh, can this man spin it? He has retired nine batters in a row. He has struck out seven. And he's worked through five scoreless in Philly. The leadoff baserunner for the Mets. And the scrappy A.J. Ewing coming up. Grounded inside the third base bag. Fair ball backhanded by Bohlm. He throws to second and basically has no play. Torrens is already there. Ewing beats out the infield hit. Now Soto is coming up. Juan has 21 home runs this season. That's potentially looking at another big inning. They've had a couple of them today. Line drive up the middle. Base hit for Soto. Torrens around third. He'll be waved around. Ewing goes to third. Three straight hits for the Mets. Soto with an RBI single and it's six to nothing in New York. Nolan McLean has retired his last ten. He's given up only an infield hit to Alec Bohlm and one walk. That's been it. That came in the second inning. Strike three called and Ricconis is caught looking. Eight strikeouts now for McLean. What is this? His 28th start. Yes. Thank you. He's just learning. There's another hook right there. Got him to go. That is nine strikeouts from McLean. One shy of his season high. He's fanned the last three. This is a big learning year for McLean. That's a fair ball right over the bag and that'll go into the deep corner. An extra base hit for Trey Turner. Turner has struck out his first two at bats. Swinging early on the curve ball and has himself a double. Just the second hit of the game for the Phillies. Outside ball four. The Phillies have two runners on. It's only the second time today they've had two runners on at one point in an inning. And it'll give Bryce Harper a chance here against McLean. Got him looking. Side retired. Beautiful sinker by McLean to pick up his tenth strikeout of the day. Six scoreless innings for Nolan McLean. J.J. Minter will take over for the Mets as we go to the bottom of the seventh inning. His 20th game. The Mets have arrested bullpen. McLean threw a lot of pitches in the sixth. That one's hit well deep to left field. Alec Baum has put the Phillies on the board. 12th home run of the year. It's the first run the Phillies have gotten against Minter since 2023. And the Phillies, well it would shut out at least six to one. Yeah they gotta like that. Get one on the board. Maybe five or six more would be all right. Very nice. First and second one out. All of a sudden the Phillies threatening to come back in this game. Three straight hits against Minter. Able to bring it Lundo up. And Lundo's two for seven as a pinch hitter. Brown's one for the hole. Cut off by Bichette. Out at second. Semi into first. In time double play. Side retired. Francisco Lindor has also had a big game coming up. Three RBIs. Two run home run. RBI single. And in his last two plate appearances he's drawn two walks. Drives this one out to center. Crawford back and it's over his head and off the wall. Lindor heads for second and he slides in safely with a double. Francisco Lindor with a huge game. Home run, single, two walks and now a double on base five times in a row. And the Phillies are down to their final out of the day. And he taps one to third. Handled by Bichette and the ball game is over. CNL Paris gets the final three outs to back up a brilliant outing for Nolan McClain. A breakout game for Francisco Lindor. And the Mets take the rubber game of the series from the Phillies six to one.