He had a good outing, pitching 7.0 innings, allowing one run, striking out six and walking two in a 7-1 victory over the Padres.

Harvey opened the game with three strikeouts and hit 98 miles per hour on the radar gun. He acknowledged being a little more pumped when he took the mound after watching what Harvey did in the top of the inning. The Mets don’t allow many hitters to get on base, leading the league with a 1.17 WHIP. Catcher Travis d’Arnaud had three hits as well and third baseman David Wright added two hits and two runs.

New York has beaten Philadelphia 14 times in one season for the first time. “I think Dan plays through a lot”.

“I thought he threw the ball very well”.

“I’m thinking hit, first, ” said Tejada, who became the first Met to hit an inside-the-park homer since Angel Pagan on May 19, 2010. He attempted to downplayed the situation after Wednesday’s game by saying that his quad was “just a shade less than 100 percent”, but the Mets figure to play things safe with him. He will see a specialist on Thursday.

Phillies: When he tumbled over the wall, it was hard to tell what part of his body Brown landed on. Brown subsequently said he felt OK when asked in the dugout.

Switching gears, the Phillies come into this game with a weak win percentage of.392 when playing as the underdog (47-73) and an overall money line of -652.

“I’m thinking hit first, ” Tejada said.

“I try not to answer hypothetical questions”, Murphy said. He said he felt fine afterward and that it was a precautionary exit….

Unfortunately for Nola, that gave the Mets a 3-0 lead in the second. Nola managed to make it through the rest of the third without further damage. He and Michael Cuddyer have been filling in at first base for slugger Lucas Duda (lower back), on the DL since August. 22. Longoria gave Tampa Bay a two-run cushion with a homer in the ninth.

“Wasn’t one of his better performances, but the defense wasn’t really the greatest today”, interim manager Pete Mackanin said.

Zimmerman’s liner down the right field line scored Anthony Rendon, who worked an eight-pitch walk from Jonathan Broxton to start the eighth and reached second on a sacrifice bunt by Matt den Dekker.

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola throws against… Cespedes ended up hitting a 1-2 fastball out for his 28th homer of the season and 10th in 30 games with the Mets.

Nola, though, would not make it past the fourth inning in the shortest of his nine career starts. The campus is located about six miles from Citi Field. Phillies second baseman Cesar Hernandez took off sprinting for the warning track to salvage the play, but Tejada cruised to a two-run inside-the-park home run.