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NEW YORK — The fifth pitch of Aaron Nola's night was a low-and-in curveball to one of Francisco Lindor's nitro zones, it traveled 376 feet over the wall in right field and so began the Phillies' 2025 season series with the Mets. The Phils were sent home last October on this same field in Flushing, and the Mets again looked like the superior team on Monday night. The 5-4 final was deceptive as the Mets entered the ninth with a five-run lead and tried to get middle reliever Max Kranick through a third inning when the Phillies finally came through with a few knocks.
Bryson Stott homered off Edwin Diaz to make it a one-run game but that's how it finished. Nola served up leadoff home runs in each of the first two innings while Mets right-hander Tylor Megill stifled the Phils' offense for the sixth consecutive time. Megill retired eight of nine the first trip through the order, striking out five, before the Phillies put some solid plate appearances on him in the third inning.
They loaded the bases on a Bryson Stott single and back-to-back two-out walks from Trea Turner and Bryce Harper. Kyle Schwarber expanded the zone, though, to strike out on a down-and-away changeup. Get top local stories in Philly delivered to you every morning.
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