Bill Streicher/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
PHILADELPHIA — After the Mets rallied Wednesday to close their deficit against the Philadelphia Phillies to a run and loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, center fielder Keon Broxton worked the count full.
Phillies reliever Hector Neris proceeded to throw a fastball 94 miles per hour, and Broxton couldn’t catch up to it. He swung and missed, and the Mets had a 3-2 loss that dropped them to 10-8 overall.
Having played a complete series against each of his National League East counterparts, Manager Mickey Callaway took the measure of the division race.