Phillies

The Phillies Gave Up A BILLION Home Runs Last Night

By Kyle Scott

Published: Aug 25th, 2015 · 8:53 AM EDT

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Question: What beats seven runs and three home runs against Mets stud pitcher Jacob deGrom?

Well, how about 16 runs, including eight home runs and 14 unanswered runs.

The Mets turned a 7-2 deficit into a 16-7 victory. It was so bad that MLB.com was able to put together a ranking – A RANKING! – of the Mets’ home runs last night. Some of which were BOMBS…

… on swings like this…

… that landed here…

… here….

… and here:

ESPN Stats and Info on the game:

The teams combined for a National League record-tying 11 home runs, one shy of the major-league record (done by the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox in 1995 and 2002). It was the first NL game to feature 11 home runs since a Chicago Cubs-Philadelphia Phillies game on May 17, 1979 (won by the Phillies 23-22 in 10 innings).

The Mets set team single-game records with eight home runs and 15 extra-base hits.

The Mets trailed by five but won by nine, which the Elias Sports Bureau notes is the team’s biggest margin of victory in a game in which they trailed by at least five runs.

And then there was this:

 

Now we know what the Nationals used to feel like.