(2025) Mets Sweep Another Series with Another Walk-Off in Seven Game Win Streak on Perfect Home Stand

The Mets came into their first big series of the season, hosting the rival Philadelphia Phillies for three games. They Mets had just come off a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals. They were 14-7 two game up on the Phillies.

Monday April 21: In the series opener the Mets Tylor Megill went up against a struggling Aaron Nola who was still looking for his first victory.

In the bottom of the 1st, Francisco Lindor led off with his third lead off HR of the season, the
second in as many games. 

Trivia: On April 8th, Lindor led off the bottom of the 1st with a HR off the Marlins Connor Gillispie. On April 20th, he led off the home 1st with a HR off the Cardinals Sonny Gray.

In the bottom of the 2nd, Jesse Winker led off with his first HR of the season, giving the Mets a 2-0 lead. 

In the top of the 3rd, Tylor Megill got into a two-out jam, loading the bases with a base hit & issuing a pair of walks. Megill then struck out Kyle Schwarber to get out of the inning. In the top of the 5th after hitting Alec Bohm with a pitch, he struck out Johan Rojas, Bryson Scott & Trea Turner.

Megill exited in the top of the 6th, with one out & one on. He went 5.2 innings shutting out the Phils on seven hits, striking out six & walking two.

In the bottom of the 7th, with one out, Aaron Nola gave up a base hit to Luisangel Acuna & then walked Brett Baty. Manager Rob Thomson pulled him out & brought in Jose Ruiz. Francisco Lindor hit his second HR of the game, the three-run shot gave the Mets a 5-0 lead.

Trivia: For Lindor it was his fifth HR of the season. Over his last five games he was batting .429 with four HRs & eight RBIs.

In the top of the 9th, the Phils put up four runs. With Max Kranick coming out to pitch his third inning, he gave up three straight hits. Edwin Diaz came on & served up a three run HR to Bryson Scott making it a 5-4 game. 

The Phils had their big bats coming up but Diaz then struck out Trea Turner & Bryce Harper sealing the Mets win.

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Tuesday April 22: Another big crowd of 36,468 came to Citi Field on a beautiful Spring evening as the Mets Griffin Canning went up against Christopher Sanchez.

In the bottom of the 1st, the hot hitting Francisco Lindor singled to right field to start the game. With two outs, Mark Viento's doubled to left field scoring Lindor with the first run.

In the top of the 2nd, the Phils came back as J.T. Realmuto doubled, Alec Bohm singled & Johan Rojas singled in Realmuto.

In the bottom of the 2nd, the Mets answered. Luisangel Acuna drew a one out walk, then Jose
Azocar making his second start of the season, singled to left field. Francisco Lindor then singled to right field driving in his second run of the game putting the Mets ahead 2-1. 

Trivia: Over the last six games, Lindor was batting .462 with 12 hits, four HRs & eight RBIs. Lindor had also now hit safely in nine of his last ten games.

The game remained that way into the bottom of the 7th. With one out Lindor collected his third hit of the game, his third straight multi-hit game with a base hit off Tanner Banks. After Juan Soto grounded out, Rob Thomson brought in new pitcher Orion Kerkering.

The Mets best hitter in 2025, Pete Alonso collected his tenth double of the year driving in Lindor with his league leading 25th RBI. Alonso also hit safely in his fifth straight game raising his average to .349.

Orion Kerkering then walked Mark Vientos, threw a wild pitch advancing the runners & walked Jesse Winker intentionally to load the bases to get to Luis Torrens. Torrens then drove a two-run base hit to left field, giving the Mets a 5-1 lead.

Trivia: Torrens who had filled in the main catching role with the injury to Francisco Alvarez was always known for his fine defense but in 20 games he had put up six doubles & eight RBIs for the Mets.

Mets pitchers continued their fine pitching, putting up a 2.37 ERA over opposing teams. Griffin Canning earned the victory to get to 3-1. He pitched five innings giving up a run on seven hits with five strikeouts. 

Huascar Brazoban earned the hold with a scoreless 6th inning. AJ Minter, Ryne Stanek & Jose Butto finished it off with scoreless innings each.

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Wednesday April 23: This Citi Field matinee was a thriller for the 36, 863 fans on a warm sunny spring afternoon. It was a fine pitching matchup of David Peterson & Zach Wheeler.

In the bottom of the 2nd, Mark Vientos led off with a base hit. Then Zack Wheeler struck out Jesse Winker & Tyrone Taylor. Bret Baty then blasted a long HR to the right field upper deck, for his first HR of the season. It came at the right time, as Jeff McNeil is expected to return to the Mets the upcoming weekend. The Mets had a 2-0 lead.

In the top of the 4th, with one out Alec Bohm singled to right field. After a force play, Weston Wilson singled to left field. Then Johan Sosa singled to right field bring in Edmundo Sosa. Trea Turner tied the game with an RBI single to right field.

The score remained tied, as David Peterson held the Phils to two runs on eight hits in 5.1 innings. Over the first four innings, Peterson would have the Phillies strand six base runners. Zack Wheeler held the Mets to two runs & five hits striking out nine in six innings.

Out at Home: In the top of the 8th, Nick Castellanos drew a leadoff walk from Mets pitcher Danny Young. With two outs, Max Kepler singled to right fielder Juan Soto. 

Soto who hasn't been hitting like his usual self, came up big here throwing home to catcher Hayden Senger who dove over to tag out Castellanos trying to score for the third out.

In the top of the 9th Edwin Diaz came on & got the side out in order. In the top of the 10th, he struck out Kyle Schwarber. 

The inherited runner Bryce Harper stole third base as Diaz never even looked him over to keep
him close. Nick Castellanos then put Philadelphia ahead with an RBI base hit off Edwin Diaz.

Diaz would leave the game with a cramp in his left leg, Carlos Mendoza then brought in Max Kranick who walked J.T. Realmuto & gave up a single to Alex Bohm to load the bases. But Kranick got Bryson Scott to fly out to Tyrone Taylor in center not deep enough to score the runner on third. Max Kepler then flew out to Juan Soto to end the inning.

In the bottom of the 10th, Francisco Lindor was the inherited runner to start the inning. As Juan Soto grounded out, Lindor went to third. Pete Alonso the Mets MVP so far delivered again, driving a double to the right center field wall scoring Lindor to tie the game. It was Alonso's 26th league leading RBI & 11th league leading double of the season.

After a walk to Brandon Nimmo, Mark Vientos struck out. Starling Marte then delivered the exciting broken bat walk off single into shallow right field, scoring Alonso with the games winning run.

Mets Trivia: The Mets had now won seven straight games, sweeping the Phillies taking an early five game lead in the NL East. 

It was just the second time in franchise history (2015) that they put together a homestand with seven or more wins & no losses. 

After 25 games, the Mets are 18-7 tied for the second-best start behind only the 1986 Mets for best start in franchise history.

Quotes- Pete Alonso: "It's phenomenal. You can't go better than 7-0".

Quotes- David Peterson: "When the lights go on, we're 26 guys as one".