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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Mets

2015-08-31 · Night game · Citi Field · Att: 34233 · 89°F · Wind 16 mph to RF · 2:23

New York Mets defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–1. New York Mets opened the scoring in the 5th — Michael Conforto homers (4) on a line drive to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Jeff Francoeur grounds into a double play, shortstop Wilmer Flores to second baseman Kelly Johnson to first baseman Daniel Murphy. Cesar Hernandez scores. Aaron Altherr to 3rd. Darnell Sweeney out at 2nd. Jeff Francoeur out at 1st — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
NYN	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		3	4

W: Bartolo Colon L: Jerad Eickhoff SV: Jeurys Familia

Umpires — HP: Will Little · 1B: Jim Wolf · 2B: Phil Cuzzi · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Odubel Herrera	4	0	0	0	1
Cesar Hernandez	4	1	2	0	2
Aaron Altherr	4	0	1	0	0
Ryan Howard	2	0	0	2	1
Jeff Francoeur	4	0	0	0	1
Andres Blanco	4	0	1	0	3
Cameron Rupp	3	0	0	0	1
Freddy Galvis	3	0	1	0	0
Jerad Eickhoff	2	0	1	0	0
Domonic Brown	1	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curtis Granderson	3	1	1	2	1	0
Yoenis Cespedes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	0
David Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Travis d'Arnaud	3	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Conforto	2	1	2	1	1	0
Wilmer Flores	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bartolo Colon	2	1	1	0	0	1
Juan Lagares	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerad Eickhoff	7.0	4	2	4
Jeanmar Gomez	1.0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bartolo Colon	8.0	4	1	9
Jeurys Familia	1.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Odubel Herrera: K
Cesar Hernandez: K
Aaron Altherr: 43/G4

Bot 1

Curtis Granderson: 9/F9D
Yoenis Cespedes: 4/F8LS
Daniel Murphy: 3/G3

Top 2

Ryan Howard: 7/F7D
Jeff Francoeur: 13/G15
Andres Blanco: S8/L8RM
Cameron Rupp: 4(1)/FO/G4M-

Bot 2

David Wright: 1/L15+
Kelly Johnson: 3/F23F-
Travis d'Arnaud: 9/F9S

Top 3

Freddy Galvis: 3/G34+
Jerad Eickhoff: 13/G13S-
Odubel Herrera: 43/G34

Bot 3

Michael Conforto: S9/L34D+
Wilmer Flores: 31/G34S-.1-2
Bartolo Colon: K
Curtis Granderson: W
Yoenis Cespedes: K

Top 4

Cesar Hernandez: S16/G15+
Aaron Altherr: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Ryan Howard: W
Jeff Francoeur: 13/G15

Bot 4

Daniel Murphy: 4/F4D
David Wright: 8/F8RXD+
Kelly Johnson: 31/G34-

Top 5

Andres Blanco: K
Cameron Rupp: 63/G6S-
Freddy Galvis: S9/L9S+
Jerad Eickhoff: S9/G34+.1-2
Odubel Herrera: 53/G6S

Bot 5

Travis d'Arnaud: 9/F9M
Michael Conforto: HR/L78XD+
Wilmer Flores: K
Bartolo Colon: S8/G4M+
Curtis Granderson: HR/F89D+.1-H
Yoenis Cespedes: 7/F78M

Top 6

Cesar Hernandez: K
Aaron Altherr: 9/F9LSF
Ryan Howard: K

Bot 6

Daniel Murphy: 9/F89XD+
David Wright: 9/L89D+
Kelly Johnson: 3/G3

Top 7

Jeff Francoeur: K
Andres Blanco: K
Cameron Rupp: K

Bot 7

Travis d'Arnaud: K
Michael Conforto: W
Wilmer Flores: CS2(24)/MREV
Wilmer Flores: 9/F9M

Top 8

Freddy Galvis: 7/F7D+
Domonic Brown: K
Odubel Herrera: 13/G15

Bot 8

Juan Lagares: 43/G4
Curtis Granderson: 8/F8RD
Yoenis Cespedes: 13/G15S-

Top 9

Cesar Hernandez: S9/G34
Aaron Altherr: S8/L8RS.1-2
Ryan Howard: W.2-3;1-2
Jeff Francoeur: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S.3-H(NR);2-3
Andres Blanco: K

Notes & reviews

replay,7,florw001,NYN,davig901,NYC20,,Y,M,PHI,A $when Michael Conforto was called safe at 2B, Phillies interim manager Pete Mackanin challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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