In what was one of the team’s most discouraging losses of the season, the Mets fell to a depleted Phillies team 2-1 Friday night in Philadelphia. The Mets snapped their 21-inning scoreless streak with a Dom Smith RBI single in the sixth inning, but it was the only hit they would get with a runner in scoring position and the only run they would score all night.
The Phillies played without four key starters: Jean Segura, Didi Gregorious, J.T. Realmuto, and Bryce Harper were all omitted from the lineup due to various injuries. On the mound for the Mets was Marcus Stroman, who has pitched impressively all season and pitched very effectively the first two times through the order, at one point striking out seven of eight batters through the second, third, and fourth innings.