WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- That the Mets played Sunday in an unfamiliar locale mattered less than the simple fact that they were anywhere but home.
A Mets team that sports Major League Baseball's lowest run total in home games capped a five-city road trip with an 8-2 win over the Phillies at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, pushing its road output to a National League-best 5.23 runs per game. Eighty-three of those came in this 11-game swing up the Eastern seaboard, which they punctuated with a win at the second annual MLB Little League Classic presented by Geico.