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Tempers Flare as the Phillies Strike Late Against the Mets

Eric Hartline/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

PHILADELPHIA — Maikel Franco hit a go-ahead two-run homer for the second straight game, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Mets, 7-5, on Tuesday night.

Brad Miller, Scott Kingery and Rhys Hoskins also connected as Philadelphia earned its second straight win since losing seven in a row.

Franco hit a shot to right off Wilmer Font (1-2) for his 18th homer, lifting the Phillies to a 6-5 lead in the sixth inning. Then Miller, pinch-hitting, made it back-to-back shots.

Things then got chippy when Font drilled Kingery on the left shoulder.