Daily News | No repeat performance by Phillies and Alvarado in 10-6 loss to Mets
NEW YORK — The pitch, a fastball from Mets reliever Yoan López with a six-run lead in the ninth inning Sunday night, was low and inside and nearly took out Kyle Schwarber at the knees.
What are we to make, though, of the ninth inning? An ember that could ignite when the Phillies and Mets meet again this week at Citizens Bank Park? Or much ado about nothing? One night after bailing starter Kyle Gibson out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the fifth inning, lefty reliever José Alvarado was unable to do the same for Eflin in the identical situation. Instead of striking out two batters, as he did Saturday night, Alvarado uncorked a passed ball and gave up a two-run single to Dom Smith.
“We didn’t try to hit Lindor,” Girardi said. “We didn’t try to hit anyone there. But I understand. You get hit a few times, you start to take exception.”A PitchCom fail? “I want to hear exactly what each one sounds like in Spanish to see if it’s too close,” Girardi said.Schwarber continued his assault on the Mets by taking Scherzer deep twice in his first two at-bats.