PHILADELPHIA — It worked out. When it works out, you don’t have to wear body armor to the postgame news gathering. When it works out, you don’t have to worry about angry Mets fans storming the Turnpike with pitchforks and blow torches. When it works out you get to exhale and explain yourself with a grin and not a grimace.
“We got away with stuff tonight,” Mickey Callaway said with a thin smile after the Mets somehow claimed a 7-6 victory in 11 innings over the Phillies on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park. “But we still came up with a win.