The god damn bamboo strikes again.

After Jay Bruce told Gabe Kapler he didn’t need a day off and hit a walk-off RBI double Wednesday night, the Phillies had another walk-off against the Mets in a 6-3 win to complete the sweep against one of a few dysfunctional New York sports teams.

It was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when Bryce Harper hit a solo home run off Zack Wheeler for the first run of the game. The pitching was very good from both teams. Wheeler went six innings and gave up that one run off two hits with seven strikeouts. Aaron Nola had a no-hitter going through six but eventually went another inning and gave up a hit to go along with 10 strikeouts and a walk.

Then we go to the ninth with Hector Neris trying to make the save. It looked good to start, grounding out Pete Alonso. And then he blew another save. After giving up a single to Michael Conforto, Todd Frazier hit a go-ahead two-run home run to give the Mets the lead. Neris would be pulled after giving up two more singles to Dominic Smith and Wilson Ramos, and the Mets would score one more run when JD Hammer was trying to clean up Neris’ mess.

So now it was Edwin Diaz’s turn to get the save. Like Neris, he sucked. After walking Cesar Hernandez, he faced the Phils’ hottest hitter, Maikel Franco. And…

Just like they drew it up.

So the save was blown. Now Diaz had to keep this game going, and he did by striking out J.T. Realmuto. But he then walked Sean Rodriguez, gave up a single to Scott Kingery, and then finally this to Jean Segura, which did not please Mike Francesa.

You just hate to see that from the Mets.

Now the bamboo travels south to Florida for a weekend set with the Marlins. Vince Velasquez takes on Elieser Hernandez for a 7:10 PM start on NBC Sports Philadelphia. Zach Eflin and Jake Arrieta are also scheduled to pitch.

The Roundup:

The big Sixers news from the day: Is Joel Embiid engaged? Probably not.

While the Jimmy Butler news is still developing, there’s a lot more news on other free agents.

Outside of free agents, what can fans expect from first round pick Matisse Thybulle?

In other sports news, the Lakers traded away Mo Wagner, Isaac Bonga, and Jemerrio Jones to the Wizards to make room for a max contract.

LeBron is giving away his No. 23 to Anthony Davis. Could that lead to him wearing No. 6 again?

MLB announced their All-Star starters.

Coggin explains why a midseason NBA tournament would be horrendous.

In the news, Hahnemann University Hospital’s closure plan has been ordered to “cease and desist.”

The second democratic debate was last night.