By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff 
Final: Mets 7, Phillies 6
PHILADELPHIA — The Mets have hammered Phillies pitching all season in Philadelphia, mostly by way of the home run. On Friday night, they produced five of their seven runs via the long ball, including the winning tally.
It was rookie shortstop Amed Rosario, whose ninth-inning shot to right-center off of Héctor Neris was the first home run of his career, who provided the spark for the Mets as they continued to cruise against the Phillies in 2017 with a 7-6 win on Friday night.
WP: Hansel Robles (7-3, 4.63) ❖ LP: Héctor Neris (4-5, 3.00) ❖ S: Ramos (22)
Hub: Game Summary ❖ Starting Pitchers ❖ At the Plate ❖ Bullpen ❖ What's Next
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| NYM | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| PHI | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
Rhys Hoskins walked in the first plate appearance of his second big-league game to load the bases for Nick Williams in the first as the Phils got right to it against Seth Lugo. Williams singled through the hole to score Freddy Galvis, and Maikel Franco beat out a potential double-play ball to score a second run. Hoskins came in with his first career tally on Tommy Joseph's base hit to left field.
Michael Conforto crushed a homer out to center off Pivetta to lead off the second, and Yoenis Céspedes hit a two-out, two-strike bomb in the third.
In the bottom of the inning, Lugo gave up another run on a double from Joseph off the wall in left-center. The Mets quickly countered in the fifth with RBI singles from Neil Walker and Céspedes, chasing Pivetta from the game. Jesen Therrien got the last out of the inning and pitched a 1-2-3 sixth.
Lugo pitched into the sixth, amassing 114 pitches before being pulled with one out in the inning. Josh Smoker allowed an inherited runner to score on Odúbel Herrera's groundout before giving way to Paul Sewald, who got Hoskins to fly out to end the inning and pitched a quick seventh.
Adam Morgan matched Sewald with a scoreless seventh, and pitched into the eighth before Edubray Ramos relieved him, got into a jam and put out the fire himself.
Hernández went deep with one out in the eighth to tie it, but Amed Rosario answered with his first major-league homer to pull the Mets ahead in the ninth.
The bottom of the Phillies order went meekly in the ninth, as A. J. Ramos earned his 22nd save of the season.
The Phillies have a great shot to get their first win of the series when they send Aaron Nola to the mound to face struggling left-hander Steven Matz at 7:05 on Saturday.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 5.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4.85 |
| Nick Pivetta | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5.85 |
Phillies
- Odúbel Herrera: 2-4, BB, RBI, .285 AVG
- Tommy Joseph: 2-4, 2B, RBI, .247 AVG
- César Hernández: 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB, .293 AVG
Mets
- Yoenis Céspedes: 2-5, R, HR, 4 RBI, .276 AVG
- Neil Walker: 2-4, 2 R, RBI, .264 AVG
- Amed Rosario: 3-4, 3 R, HR, RBI, .229 AVG
Bullpen
Phillies
- Jesen Therrien (5th): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 11.57 ERA
- Adam Morgan (7th): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 5.68 ERA
- Edubray Ramos (8th): 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 5.03 ERA
- Héctor Neris (9th): 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 3.02 ERA
Mets
- Josh Smoker (6th): 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 3.57 ERA
- Paul Sewald (6th): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 4.07 ERA
- Jerry Blevins (8th): 0.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 3.00 ERA
- Hansel Robles (8th): 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 4.63 ERA
- A.J. Ramos (9th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 4.03 ERA
What's Next
- Saturday, August 12, 2017: vs. New York Mets, 7:05 p.m.
- Citizens Bank Park
- LHP Steven Matz (2-7, 4.56 ERA) vs. RHP Aaron Nola (1-6, 4.61 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
