Phillies Steal NL East Lead from Mets After Weekend Clash

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00:00way back at the end of uh may the philadelphia phillies were 36 and 19 i believe it was on may

00:0828th the mets were 34 and 22 the phills had a two and a half game advantage but then philly

00:14lost nine of its next 10 the mets went on an absolute heater winning 11 of their next 13

00:21and on june 12th had a five and a half game lead or a four and a half game advantage

00:27over the philadelphia phillies but then the mets started to stumble on that long slide the phillies

00:33started to play a lot better baseball they win the weekend and at the end of it it's philadelphia

00:38that emerges with a one game advantage atop the national league east and the minus 150 favorite

00:44are the fightings right now drs to win the divisional crown yeah looking good right now too and also

00:49doing most of this damage here without bryce harper which is the team mvp getting back sooner than later

00:53that offense starts to look even better alec bohm 290 now in the season trey turner still hitting 300

00:58a lot of guys really stepping up in the moments here and having key at bats without bryce harper

01:02but also understand this jesus lazardo has been really good and sometimes really bad this season

01:07he was phenomenal on sunday night baseball and if you're throwing david peterson out there he's been

01:11really good and they roughed him up for a couple runs there in the fifth inning in a way the phillies

01:15went to a seven to nothing lead in the events of a seven to one victory so for my money on this

01:20point now say this repeatedly the ebbs and flows of the major league baseball season the braves look

01:24like they're out of it having any contenders in the n at least we'll see if they might be able to

01:28fight for a wild card spot but the phillies and the new york mets will go back and forth all summer

01:31long one team goes up two games one another team goes up two games maybe three games apiece three

01:36games the other way you'll get used to that here but it's interesting the mets look like they were

01:39having a chance to run away with this thing before the all-star break and completely collapsed upon

01:44themselves they need to get back certainly the starting pitching's got to get a little bit better and the one

01:49thing we talk about with the mets too ben which is you don't have the front line starters that you

01:52say oh that's the guy i love like hey david peterson not necessarily a household name let's see if these

01:57guys can continue to pitch well because right now the end looks hey that train's coming down the tracks

02:02right now and it's getting closer for the mets they got to play better sooner than later

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