The New York Mets flattened the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a key three-game divisional series in Queens. The Phillies scored in the first and third off Mets starter Kodai Senga, but the Mets answered with three in the bottom of the third and continued piling on runs. Philadelphia failed to record a hit after the first batter of the fourth inning and committed a series of miscues: a balk, a blown rundown, defensive errors, hit batters, and an outfield misplay by Bryce Harper. Broadcasters focused criticism on third baseman Alec Bohm after he halted play complaining about a visual distraction in centerfield.
The Phillies failed to collect a single hit after the first batter of the fourth inning, they balked, they blew a rundown, they committed a couple errors, they plunked a couple of batters, and Bryce Harper cut off an outfield throw that looked like it might've beaten Mark Vientos to the plate by several hours. It was a messy performance.
Bohm is a weird choice, judging by the box score: He had a two-out, two-run single in the third inning, and triggered a nice around-the-horn double-play in the fourth, and was broadly fine. But Bottalico is mad at Bohm for non-baseball reasons: Bohm, you see, brought the game to a sudden halt in the top of the fifth inning, after grounding into a double-play. Something had bothered him during his at-bat, and he made his complaints known as he strode huffily from the field.
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