PHILADELPHIA - It required another hair-raising inning of bullpen theater and a timely pinch-hit from a little-used player at the end of the bench.
But the Mets escaped from Citizens Bank Park with their second consecutive series victory, this one coming by virtue of Sunday's 7-4 win over the Phillies.
In just his second at-bat as a member of the Mets, third-string catcher Johnny Monell ripped a two-run double in the eighth inning to change the complexion of what had been a tense one-run game.
An inning before, the Mets nearly let it get out of hand when lefty reliever Alex Torres narrowly escaped a jam.