PHILADELPHIA – Freddy Peralta turned into Freddy Krueger on Saturday, harassing anyone in a Mets uniform but not scaring anyone.
In this chapter of Nightmare on Broad Street, Freddy and the Mets are dead in the third inning of a brutal 15-3 loss to the Phillies.
Peralta, in his career worst, allowed 10 earned runs on 10 hits and one walk over 2 ²/₃ innings.
The alleged Mets ace saw his ERA swell to 4.83, even behind Sean Manaea (4.64) in this disappointing Mets turnaround. David Peterson and his 5.91 ERA head to the mound for Sunday night’s series finale.
It was a night when Kyle Schwarber blasted three homers (including two in one inning) and Bryce Harper hit a walk. The good news for the Mets counts as only one loss.
But Peralta’s problems cannot be understated.
The right-hander gave up just two runs in a six-run loss to the Cardinals and wasn’t very sharp last Sunday, when he lasted just five innings against the Braves (three of the four runs he allowed in the start were unearned).
Simply put, Peralta is entering an “explosive” position after arriving in Queens last winter as the centerpiece of the trade that sent Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams to Milwaukee. The Mets also acquired Tobias Myers in the deal.
Peralta, in his breakout year, certainly isn’t improving his free agent value.
Peralta was tagged early, allowing a two-out homer to Harper in the first to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.
JT Realmuto and Justin Crawford delivered RBI doubles in the second, extending the Phillies’ lead to 3-0. Alec Bohm’s leadoff single to right — the Phillies’ winning run on Eric Wagaman’s shutout — started the rally.
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Peralta did not survive the third time. Schwarber hit a single to lead off the inning and another run scored when Marcus Semien threw out Brandon Marsh following Harper’s double.
Bryson Stott followed with a fly to left that Juan Soto had trouble following. The ball landed behind Soto at the base of the fence for an RBI double, extending the Mets’ deficit to 6-0.
The Phillies weren’t done in the inning. After Realmuto doubled in another run and Peralta singled from second, Crawford walked and Trea Turner’s RBI single plated Peralta. Enter Cionel Pérez, who worked hard for Schwarber who buried the Mets in an 11-0 hole. Schwarber became the fourth player in Phillies history with two homers in an inning.
Mark Vientos singled in the fourth to get the Mets on the scoreboard. The homer was Vientos’ ninth of the season.
Harper’s triple-double in the fifth was his last hit of the cycle — he became the 10th player in franchise history to accomplish the feat.
Carson Benge hit a two-run homer in the seventh to put the Mets up 13-3.
Christopher Sánchez allowed one earned run on five hits with five strikeouts and one walk over six innings. The lefty (who had a scoreless streak of 50 ²/₃ innings this season) lowered his ERA to 1.80. This was his 23rd consecutive start in the ballpark allowing two earned runs or less.
Myers gave up a two-run homer to Schwarber in the seventh inning. The blast gave Schwarber a three-game winning streak for the fifth time in his career.
