Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets Game Player Stats and Box Scores for September 20

The Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets played their second game of the four-game series scheduled at Citi Field. Cristopher Sanchez (10-9, 3.24 ERA) took the mound for the Phillies, while southpaw David Peterson (9-2, 2.85 ERA) started the game for the Mets.

Peterson retired three straight to put a blank in the first inning. In the other half, Jose Iglesias went yard for a solo shot off Sanchez for the game's first run. Brandon Nimmo's groundout led Starling Marte to score as the Mets took an early 2-0 lead.

Alec Bohm cut the deficit in half as he reached home on a sac fly by Edmundo Sosa in the second. In the third, on Nick Castellanos' double, Bryce Harper scored from third while Bohm was cut short at home. However, this tied the game 2-2, but the Phillies lost an opportunity to take the lead.

The top of the fourth is where all the fun started in this game. Johan Rojas' ground rule double drove in Sosa and Weston Wilson to give the Phillies a 4-2 lead. David Peterson was replaced by Adam Ottavino on the mound. The reliever gave up an RBI single to Trea Turner as Rojas reached home for the Phillies' fifth run in the game.

A three-run home run from Alec Bohm off Ottavino ballooned the Phillies' lead to 8-2 in the fourth inning.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, Cristopher Sanchez continued to pitch well for the Phillies. He left the game after pitching five innings, where he allowed two earned while striking out seven hitters.

Another multi-run inning for the Phillies came in the sixth inning. Huascar Barzoban gave up an RBI single to Alec Bohm, which drove in Kyle Schwarber and put Trea Turner at third. The Phillies shortstop would come around to score on Nick Castellanos' groundout as the visiting team extended the lead to 10-2.

A two-run home run by JT Realmuto in the eighth inning off Danny Young was the final scoring shot of the night.

The Phillies would go on to win the game 12-2, as they improved to 91-62 on the season.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets Game Player Stats

Philadelphia Phillies game player stats

Hitting:

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
K. Schwarber DH	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	0.251	0.37	0.483	0.853	2.5
T. Turner SS	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0.299	0.344	0.468	0.812	10
B. Harper 1B	5	2	1	0	0	1	2	4	0.287	0.375	0.53	0.905	5
A. Bohm 3B	5	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0.29	0.343	0.467	0.809	13
N. Castellanos RF	5	1	3	2	0	0	1	1	0.245	0.303	0.412	0.715	6.5
J. Realmuto C	5	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	0.267	0.322	0.431	0.753	7.5
E. Sosa 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.265	0.319	0.437	0.756	3
W. Wilson LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0.291	0.352	0.506	0.859	5
J. Rojas CF	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	3	0.243	0.28	0.325	0.606	10
Total	43	12	17	12	2	3	9	17	-	-	-	-	-

Pitching:

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Sanchez (W, 11-9)	5.0	3	2	2	5	7	1	3.25	1.24	15.5
O. Kerkering	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.93	0.99	2.5
M. Strahm	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.99	0.78	4.0
T. Gilbert	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	1.38	2.0
J. Hoffman	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.71	0.93	4.0
Total	9.0	4	2	2	5	12	1	-	-	-

New York Mets Game game player stats

Hitting:

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Iglesias 2B	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0.333	0.379	0.456	0.835	7.5
S. Marte RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.275	0.328	0.399	0.727	2
M. Vientos 3B	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.271	0.33	0.521	0.851	1.5
P. Alonso 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0.244	0.329	0.473	0.802	-1
B. Nimmo LF	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0.228	0.336	0.403	0.739	0.5
a- T. Taylor PH-LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.249	0.305	0.413	0.718	1
J. Martinez DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.235	0.319	0.408	0.726	1
L. Torrens C	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.241	0.306	0.393	0.699	0
H. Bader CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0.243	0.29	0.384	0.674	0
L. Acuna SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.348	0.348	0.739	1.087	-0.5
Total	30	2	4	2	1	5	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

Pitching:

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Peterson (L, 9-3)	3.2	8	5	4	0	4	0	3.08	1.33	-4.0
A. Ottavino	0.1	2	3	3	1	1	1	4.70	1.35	-4.5
H. Brazoban	1.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.80	1.20	-1.5
A. Young	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.71	1.26	3.5
D. Young	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	4.79	1.23	-0.5
E. Alvarez	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.00	1.5
Total	9.0	17	12	11	3	9	2	-	-	-

Jose Iglesias, Alec Bohm and JT Realmuto home runs tonight

The Citi Field crowd saw three long balls on Friday.

Jose Iglesias electrified the stadium with his leadoff homer off Cristopher Sanchez which went 411 feet to center field.

The biggest home run of the night came in the fourth inning when Alec Bohm blasted a three-run 383-foot homer off David Peterson.

Finally, JT Realmuto added to the Mets' misery smashing a two run 423 ft. homer in the eighth inning off Danny Young to seal off the game.

The two teams meet again over the weekend for their third and fourth games of the series.