NEW YORK – The New York Mets rallied for the game's only runs on one swing of the bat in the bottom of the 10th inning on Wednesday night.
Pinch-hitter Brandon Nimmo hit a three-run homer against Mark Leiter Jr. with two outs in the inning to give the Mets a 3-0 win over the Phillies.
Leiter got the first two outs in the 10th before allowing a double to Amed Rosario and a walk to Jose Reyes.
The Phillies ended up splitting the four-game series with the Mets.
The Phillies wasted a potential scoring chance in the top of the 10th when Andrew Knapp committed a costly base-running mistake. Without Knapp's base-running mistake, the Phils would have had runners on first and second with two outs and Rhys Hoskins at the plate.
The game featured a terrific pitchers' duel between a pair of hard-throwing right-handers, Jacob deGrom of the Mets and Vince Velasquez of the Phillies.
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DeGrom pitched eight shutout innings and scattered five hits. He walked one and struck out seven. His final strikeout came on his 113th pitch when he threw a 98 mph fastball past Odubel Herrera.
DeGrom lowered his majors-best ERA to 1.68.
Velasquez, who had spent the previous 10 days on the disabled list after taking a line drive off his right forearm, pitched six shutout inning and allowed just two singles and a walk while striking out three. He showed excellent economy of pitches, throwing just 85 before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh.
The Phillies had just six hits.
The Mets had just four, but got a big one from Nimmo.
Notes
• Reliever Luis Garcia, who went on the disabled June 16 with a right wrist strain, is scheduled to pitch an inning on Friday and Sunday for Triple A Lehigh Valley. Barring a setback, he should be activated after the All-Star break.
