 for his 18th homer, lifting the Phillies to a 6-5 lead in the sixth inning. Miller made it back-to-back shots when he went deep for a pinch-hit homer.There was one more shot in the inning - Kingery was drilled on the left shoulder by a Font fastball. Home plate umpire Joe West immediately warned both teams, and Phillies manager Gabe Kapler burst out of the dugout to argue. Kapler was quickly ejected for the second time in four games, likely grumbling that it was Font that needed to get tossed.Jeff McNeil's fourth hit of the game for New York missed clearing the wall in right by inches, falling just short of a tying two-run homer in the eighth. After a review, McNeil's double against Juan Nicasio stood and Hector Neris came in with runners on second and third. Neris got rookie slugging sensation Pete Alonso to pop out and end the threat.Neris put two more runners on in the ninth with one out but struck out Dominic Smith and retired Wilson Ramos on a grounder for his 16th save.Franco's two-run homer to center off Steven Matz put the Phillies ahead in a 13-7 win Monday, and he delivered again to bail out an ineffective Jake Arrieta (7-6). Arrieta allowed solo homers to Amed Rosario and Smith to help the Mets take a 5-2 lead into the sixth. With the Phillies struggling, fans had reason to boo a team that had faded in the NL East race.But could it be, perhaps a new boo is the new fad in Philly: Bamboo.Hoping to snap the Phillies out of their funk, Miller bought a small bamboo plant and put it in his locker Monday as a good-luck charm. After the Phillies won, Miller purchased a larger bamboo plant on Tuesday and stuck it in the middle of the clubhouse, the floral centerpiece perhaps planting the seeds for a long winning streak.''I thought it was cool,'' he said before the game. ''Anything to kind of show we've got some fight, we've got some resiliency in us. It's just a temporary thing.'' The Phillies could grow superstitious over their shrub and keep it around.Arrieta gave up nine hits and five runs in six innings. He has allowed at least five runs in three of his last five starts.The Mets scored twice in the first but Kingery got one back off Walker Lockett with his first career leadoff homer. Hoskins' 18th homer of the season in the fourth made it 4-2.TRAINER'S ROOMMets: RHP Noah Syndergaard struck out nine in a rehab start for Class A Brooklyn. He has been out with a strained right hamstring.Phillies: RHP Tommy Hunter (elbow) pitched two scoreless innings Tuesday with Double-A Reading and will continue to make rehab appearances.NO-GO, CANOMets second baseman Robinson Cano had an RBI single in the first as he tries to hit his way out of a season-long slump. Manager Mickey Callaway said 80 games was too soon to judge Cano's season but it was time for the former Yankees star to find his groove at the plate.''I think at some point, we have to get him going,'' Callaway said. ''I think he's been swinging the bat better than his results. He's hit some hard line outs, some hard ground balls that haven't found the holes.'' Cano said he's just a victim of ''no luck.'' ''When you see the ball good and hit the ball good, there's nothing else you can do,'' Cano said.UP NEXTThe Mets hope LHP Jason Vargas (3-3, 3.75 ERA) won't be an unfortunate distraction when he takes the mound against Phillies RHP Nick Pivetta (4-2, 5.54 ERA) on Wednesday.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Phillies, Arrieta look for another win vs. MetsFLMThe Philadelphia Phillies will look for their second consecutive victory when they host the New York Mets in the second game of a four-game series on Tuesday.The Phillies had dropped seven straight and 16 of 22 before pounding out a season-high 19 hits in a 13-7 win over the Mets on Monday.Jean Segura had four of the 19 hits while Cesar Hernandez, Maikel Franco and Scott Kingery added three hits apiece. Segura and Franco also hit two of the Phillies' four home runs."We're confident, and this lets you know how good this team can be," Segura told reporters after the game. "Every team goes through tough stretches." Before this series, the Phillies were swept at home by the Miami Marlins for the first time since the 2009 season.Rhys Hoskins and Jay Bruce also homered for the Phillies in the 13-run outburst. The Phillies managed only 12 runs total in the last five games."We have the right personnel in the room," Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. "We're continuing to refine and work on our processes and our practices. Those have to get better always. So the work we do today has to improve and continue to improve." The Phillies will hand the ball to Jake Arrieta (6-6, 4.12 ERA), who is 3-5 with a 4.95 ERA over his last 11 games dating to April 22 -- despite coming off consecutive quality starts for the first time since late May.In Arrieta's last start Wednesday at Washington, he gave up two hits and one run in six innings.The Mets will attempt to halt a two-game skid and will send Walker Lockett to the mound for his second start. Lockett was called up from Triple-A Syracuse last week to fill in for the injured Noah Syndergaard.Last Monday against the Cubs in Chicago, Lockett gave up five hits and six runs in only 2 1/3 innings, taking the loss. He enters Tuesday with a 23.14 ERA."The balls started getting up a tad, a couple inches and they barreled them up," Mets manager Mickey Callaway told reporters of Lockett's last start. "It happened fast. I thought he was cruising and looking great until that point." First baseman Pete Alonso stayed red hot for the Mets by going 2-for-3 on Monday, raising his average to .280.Alonso was named National League Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .427 with seven runs scored, three doubles, four home runs and eight RBIs last week.Alonso improved his home run total to 27 on Sunday, breaking Darryl Strawberry's Mets single-season rookie record set in 1983. Alonso also has 61 RBIs.It's possible that Alonso could break the major league rookie record of most home runs by July 1 -- Oakland's Mark McGwire hit 28 in 1987.Despite losing by six runs, the Mets still managed to hit four home runs Monday -- one each by Wilson Ramos, Dominic Smith, Michael Conforto and Todd Frazier.--Field Level Media
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