Mets at Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies mustered all of 15 runs during their season-high seven-game losing streak before igniting their dormant offense against the visiting New York Mets. After belting four homers among their season-best 19 hits in the opener, the Phillies aim to put a winning streak together when they continue their four-game series on Tuesday.
Jean Segura highlighted his four-hit performance with a solo homer in the first inning while Rhys Hoskins, Maikel Franco and former Met Jay Bruce also went deep in a 13-7 win for Philadelphia. Segura is 9-for-25 with four extra-base hits (two homers, two doubles) during his six-game hitting streak for the Phillies, who had dropped 16 of their previous 22 games while being outscored (43-15) and outhit (70-45) by significant margins. The Mets began the day with a botched apology attempt for an expletive-filled confrontation with a beat reporter before seeing their pitching take a beating en route to their ninth loss in 14 games. Michael Conforto, who launched one of New York's four homers in the opener, has gone deep 17 times in 55 career contests versus Philadelphia - with 12 coming at Citizens Bank Park.
TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, MLB Network, SNY (New York), NBCS Philadelphia
PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Walker Lockett (0-1, 23.14 ERA) vs. Phillies RH Jake Arrieta (6-6, 4.12)
Lockett, who was pitching in place of the injured Noah Syndergaard (hamstring), retired the first six batters he faced in his season debut on Thursday before seeing his day go south in a hurry. The 25-year-old was lit up for six earned runs while recording just one more out in a 7-4 setback against the Chicago Cubs. Obtained in a trade with Cleveland for Kevin Plawecki over the winter, Lockett posted an 0-1 record and 3.28 ERA in four appearances for Triple-A Syracuse after opening the season on the injured list.
Arrieta sustained a hard-luck loss on Wednesday after yielding one run and two hits in six innings of a 2-0 setback at Washington. The 2015 National League Cy Young Award recipient owns a 3-4 record, 2.50 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in 12 career starts against the Mets after splitting a pair of encounters in April. Arrieta allowed two runs while working a season high-tying eight innings in a 3-2 win on April 17 before permitting four in six frames of a 5-1 setback five days later.
WALK-OFFS
1. New York INF Jeff McNeil is 11-for-27 with a homer against Philadelphia this season.
2. Phillies OF Scott Kingery recorded his third three-hit performance in his last 10 games in the series opener.
3. Mets 3B Todd Frazier has homered in three of his last five contests overall and registered multi-hit efforts in each of his last three.