Mets smash 7 homers, tie Phillies for 1st in NL East race

The Phillies had a chance to take control of the NL East on Saturday night. Instead, they got punched in the mouth.

The Mets hit seven solo home runs, including two each from Juan Soto and Brandon Nimmo, and handed the Phillies an 11–4 loss at Citizens Bank Park.

The win snapped New York’s seven-game losing streak and moved them into a tie with the Phillies atop the division at 46–31.

It was a reality check after Philly’s dominant Friday win and it immediately set in with Mick Abel getting baptized on the mound.

Mick Abel has his Welcome to The Show moment

Mick Abel’s dream start to his rookie season finally hit a wall. Or maybe five of them. The 22-year-old lasted just three innings and got lit up for four runs and three straight home runs in the third. Lindor started it, breaking out of an 0-for-20 slump, then Nimmo followed, then Soto. Three straight bombs.

Joe Ross relieved Abel and got a similar welcome. Soto absolutely murdered a hanging curveball in the fifth and sent it 437 feet into orbit. At that point, it felt like the Mets could’ve hit underhand tosses from the Phanatic.

I was down at The Bank for this one and let me tell you, the amount of Mets fans in attendance, while typical for a series against New York, was insulting.

On top of that, I couldn’t even begin to understand why there wasn’t a single Mets home run ball thrown back? I hope they were all caught by Mets fans because I’m not sure how anyone could live with themselves bringing one of those home as a souvenir.

I can’t believe that no one has thrown a home run ball back. Especially Soto. How could you live with yourself

— Drew Smith (@drewmsmith) June 22, 2025

Phillies’ Bats Go Quiet Again

Alec Bohm had two hits and an RBI, but overall the offense wasn’t up for this kind of slugfest. Nick Castellanos stayed quiet, Kyle Schwarber didn’t do much, and the Phils couldn’t capitalize on the few chances they had after chasing Griffin Canning in the sixth.

From there, the Mets bullpen shut it down. Huascar Brazobán, Ryne Stanek, and Chris Devenski combined for three scoreless innings to make sure there wouldn’t be any late-inning Philly magic.

Random Stat That Hurts

The Mets have now won 28 straight games when Francisco Lindor homers. That’s one shy of the MLB record set by the Brooklyn Dodgers when Carl Furillo went deep in the early ’50s. Also, New York has hit seven home runs in a game five times in their franchise history. Four of those have come at Citizens Bank Park.

Sunday Night Baseball Rubber Match

Rubber match on Sunday night. It’ll be Jesús Luzardo (6-3, 4.41 ERA) for the Phils and David Peterson (5-2, 2.60 ERA) for the Mets.

Winner takes the series. Winner takes first place.

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