Scherzer (5-2) fell behind 2-0 in the first after Trea Turner singled with one out and Bryce Harper walked. His sinker averaged 90.6 mph, down from 92.7 mph for the season, and his fastball, splitter and curveball velocity also dropped. Walker threw just 38 of 74 pitches for strikes, giving up three runs, two hits and three walks in four innings. The Phillies are on their fourth losing streak of four or more games and have lost 12 of 17. Philadelphia (25-31) dropped a season-worst six games under. New York (30-27) has won 17 of its last 21 games against the Phillies, including seven straight series. Rookie Mark Vientos added a pinch-hit sixth-inning sacrifice fly off Matt Strahm. And Mark’s that guy right now, and he’s been going out there giving us huge at-bats.” “It’s great to see when people are scuffling to come out of it and then start swinging away and they really catch fire. It’s got to be everybody,” Scherzer said of slugger Pete Alonso. “It can’t just be Pete in the middle of lineup hitting homers. If I don’t, I’ll switch bats or switch batting gloves or something like that,” Canha said. “If I get a hit in my first at-bat, I use the same bat. New York trailed 2-0 before Jeff McNeil hit an RBI single in the third and Canha homered in the fourth on a thigh-high fastball from former Met Taijuan Walker (4-3) after Starling Marte was hit by a pitch. We haven't been as great as we should have been in the first couple of months and we’re making up a little bit of ground."Ĭanha grounded out in his first at-bat. And these are big wins that are great to get. “But it’s a divisional opponent, so I’m happy to help. “I think it’s just coincidental that I’m doing well against the Phillies,” he said. He homered and drove in four runs on Wednesday and is 6 for 10 with four homers and 11 RBI in his last three games against the Phillies dating to last season. “I’m a little spicious.”Ĭanha hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in his latest blitz of Philadelphia Phillies pitching, boosting Max Scherzer and the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory Thursday that completed a three-game sweep of the defending NL champions.Ĭanha entered the series hitting. “I’m not superstitious,” he said, laughing. NEW YORK - Mark Canha's hot streak won't cause him to try to keep too much the same. MLB, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies Canha, Scherzer lead Mets over Phillies 4-2 for 3-game sweep
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