Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets Game Player Stats and Box Scores for September 19

The Philadelphia Phillies opened their last regular season series against the New York Mets at Citi Field on Thursday. While the Phils are fighting to clinch the NL East Division title, the Mets are trying to get a spot in the playoffs.

Luis Severino gave a strong start for the Mets, dominating top hitters in his first couple of innings. The Phils sent Taijuan Walker to the mound as their starter, but his shaky performance has given the team a hard start.

Mark Vientos smashed a solo home run against Walker in the first inning. Following Vientos was veteran slugger Pete Alonso with a solo home run deep to right field. The Mets were on the board in no time with a 2-0 score.

While everything seemed to be going fine for the Mets, Trea Turner stepped up and tied the game with a two-run home run in the top of the third. Turner drove in Kyle Schwarber as the Phils responded quickly. However, the Mets were keen on winning as Brandon Nimmo smashed a two-run home run to increase the lead to 4-2. The Phils were forced to bring in Jose Ruiz as Walker retired to the dugout.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets Game Player Stats

Philadelphia Phillies game player stats

K. Schwarber DH	5	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	.251	.370	.484	.854	3.0
T. Turner SS	5	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	.298	.342	.469	.811	6.0
B. Harper 1B	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	.288	.375	.534	.909	5.0
A. Bohm 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.285	.339	.458	.796	-1.0
N. Castellanos RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.242	.300	.408	.709	1.5
B. Stott 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	.244	.314	.357	.672	1.5
J. Realmuto C	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	.265	.321	.423	.744	3.5
B. Marsh LF-CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	.255	.331	.430	.761	3.0
C. Stevenson CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.261	.346	.391	.737	0.0
a- W. Wilson PH-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.349	.507	.856	1.0
b- K. Clemens PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.223	.252	.447	.699	-0.5
Total	34	6	8	6	1	3	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Walker (L, 3-7)	3.1	6	8	8	3	2	4	6.91	1.67	-12.0
J. Ruiz	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.66	1.26	-3.0
K. Allard	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	4.30	1.57	4.0
J. Alvarado	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.25	1.28	0.0
T. Banks	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.63	1.24	2.5
Total	8.0	11	10	10	8	5	4	-	-	-

New York Mets Game game player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Iglesias 2B-3B	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	.330	.377	.438	.815	4.0
B. Nimmo LF	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	3	.229	.338	.405	.743	11.0
M. Vientos 3B	4	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	.272	.329	.524	.852	8.0
E. Alvarez 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0.0
P. Alonso 1B	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	.246	.331	.476	.807	7.0
J. Winker RF	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.262	.367	.420	.787	2.0
H. Bader CF	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.290	.387	.677	2.0
J. Martinez DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.236	.319	.411	.730	1.5
T. Taylor CF-RF	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.247	.303	.411	.714	4.0
F. Alvarez C	3	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	.234	.303	.393	.696	9.5
L. Acuna SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.421	.421	.895	1.316	3.5
Total	33	10	11	10	4	8	5	16	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
L. Severino (W, 11-6)	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	1	3.79	1.22	21.5
D. Young	0.1	2	3	3	0	0	0	4.41	1.21	-5.0
R. Garrett	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.21	1.32	1.5
R. Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4.82	1.32	3.0
E. Diaz	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.59	1.01	4.0
Total	9.0	8	6	6	3	12	1	-	-	-

Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Trea Turner, Brandon Nimmo, and Francisco Alvarez hit home runs tonight

Citi Field was filled with loud cheers from Mets fans as they went back-to-back with home runs. Walker had a disastrous start for the Phils as the Mets recorded several hits. The Phils scored one run at the top of the fourth inning, but the Mets responded again with five.

Francisco Alvarez went deep with a three-run home run while the Mets continued to let the runs flow as they took a 9-3 lead at the bottom of the fourth inning. However, the Phils came back and drove in three runs at the top of the seventh inning. Luisangel Acuna recorded his first MLB triple to give the Mets a 10-3 lead.

The Mets did well holding down the Phillies and easily won the series opener. The victory has punched their ticket to the playoffs.