When we last saw the Mets and Phillies collide before this week, Cristopher Sánchez was seen kicking a water cooler in the dugout and Jesús Luzardo was shouting at the home-plate umpire while exiting the mound.
That was Aug. 25-27 in Queens at Citi Field, where the Mets are notoriously dominant – and where the Phillies are notoriously not.
Change the ballpark, change the fortune.
After taking the first three games of the series, starting with Monday's 1-0 win behind Aaron Nola's most significant win of the season, the Phillies churned out two blowout wins by a 20-6 combined score before finishing off the four-game sweep Thursday night by rallying back from a four-run deficit to take the critical 6-4 win.
Redemption for Sánchez and Luzardo came in the last two wins, with Sánchez