Mets 6 Phillies 5 Post Game Notes - 8/26/2025

 

Here are the Post Game Notes for today's 6-5 Mets win.

Francisco Lindor#: SS 2 for 4; 1 run; 1 SB; Juan Soto: RF 1 for 4; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 1 K; Starling Marte: DH 1 for 4; 2 runs; 1 walk; Pete Alonso: 1B 4 for 5; 1 double; 1 run; 2 RBIs; Mark Vientos: 3B 1 for 3; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Brett Baty*: 3B 1 for 1; Brandon Nimmo: LF 1 for 4; 2 RBIs; 2 Ks; Tyrone Taylor: CF 1 for 2; 1 walk; 1 K; Jeff McNeil*: 2B 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Luis Torrens: C 0 for 3; 1 run; 2 Ks; Sean Manaea*:  4.2 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 6 hits; 8 Ks; Gregory Soto:  0.1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 walk; 1 K; Huascar Brazobán: (H, 12) 1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 3 hits; Tyler Rogers: (H, 26) 1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Ryan Helsley: (BS, 9) 0.1 inning; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 1 hit; 1 HR; 2 walks; 1 K; Edwin Díaz: (W, 6-2) 1.2 innings; no runs; 4 Ks; 

Mets: 

• Defeated the Phillies in walk-off fashion, 6-5, in the second game of their three-game series against the Phillies…Marked their seventh walk-off win of the season and their second against the Phillies (also: 4/23, Marte single in 10th)...Have won consecutive series for the first time since they swept both the Angels and the Giants from July 21-27…Won their first one-run game since their 2-1 victory at San Francisco on July 26…Had lost their previous nine such contests.
• Have beaten the Phillies in nine consecutive games at Citi Field including Game 3 and Game 4 of the 2024 NLDS…It is the second-longest home winning streak against the Phillies and one shy of tying the franchise record of 10 from June 20, 1984 - August 13, 1985.
• Mets batters combined to go 5-10 with runners in scoring position…Their .358 batting average with RISP this month is the best in the majors.
• Sent 10 batters to the plate and scored five runs in the fifth inning…Marked the seventh time this season the Mets have scored five or more runs in an inning (last: 8/19 at WAS, T3).
• Have scored five or more runs in 10 games since August 10, tied with Milwaukee and Kansas City for the second-most such games in the majors during that span.
• Mets pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts, tied for their second-most in a game this season (also: 4/18 vs. STL).
• Were hit by a pitch three times tonight for the second time this season (also: 4/27 at WAS)…Mets batters have been hit by a pitch 74 times this season, tied with Los Angeles-AL for the second-most in the majors.

Brandon Nimmo (1-4, 2 RBI): 

• Recorded a walk-off single in the ninth…Was his fifth career walk-off RBI and his first since a walk-off two-run homer off of teammate A.J. Minter on May 12, 2024 vs. Atlanta.

Pete Alonso (4-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R): 

• Recorded a two-run double with the bases loaded in the fifth…His 14 RBI with the bases loaded this season are his second-most in any season of his career (most: 18, 2022)…His career-high 33 doubles are the fifth-most in the NL and the eighth-most in the majors while his 105 RBI rank second in the NL and third in the majors…His 105 RBI are tied with himself (2022) for the second-most by a Met through the team’s first 132 games of a season.
• Recorded singles in the first, fourth and ninth…Marked his second four-hit game of the season (also: 8/4 vs. CLE) and his ninth career game with four or more hits...Has 57 games with three or more hits in his career, breaking a tie with Darryl Strawberry and Carlos Beltrán for the 12th-most such games in franchise history

Mark Vientos (1-3, RBI, R, BB): 

• Drove in one with a single in the fifth…Has recorded at least one RBI in a career-high-tying five straight games (also: 6/29-7/3/24)...Owns a .389 (7-18) average with runners in scoring position since July 26…Batted .143 (9-63) with runners in scoring position in his first 72 games of the season…Is batting .382/.436/.941 (13-34) with five home runs, four doubles, 14 RBI and seven runs over his last nine games.

Juan Soto (1-4, RBI, BB): 

• Put the Mets on the board with an RBI single in the fifth…Has recorded a hit in each of his last five at-bats with RISP and has reached base safely in each of his last 10 plate appearances with RISP.
• His 46 games with at least one hit and one walk are the third-most in the majors.

Tyrone Taylor (1-2, BB, HP): 

• Has reached base 11 times in his last 19 plate appearances…Had only reached base five times in his previous 10 games with a plate appearance.

Edwin Díaz (1.2 IP, 4 K): 

• Retired all five batters he faced, including four via the strikeout…His four strikeouts tonight were a season high and were his most in a game since September 22, 2024 vs. Philadelphia…His 76 strikeouts this season are the fourth-most among NL relief pitchers.
• Has pitched to a 0.68 ERA (3 ER/39.2 IP) over his last 39 games.
• Earned his career-high-tying sixth win of the season (also: 2024).

Sean Manaea (4.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 8 K): 

• Recorded a season-high-tying eight strikeouts for the second straight outing…Is the ninth time in his career with eight or more strikeouts in consecutive starts over the course of the same season (last: 9/6-11/24)...Was his seventh career game with eight or more strikeouts and zero walks (last: 8/27/24 at ARI)...Four of those starts have come as a Met…Has 31 strikeouts and only four walks in five August starts…His 7.75 SO/BB ratio is the seventh-best mark in the majors during the month (min. 20.0 IP).

Mobile Users can view notes here.