PHILADELPHIA — Phillies center fielder Harrison Bader turned to his bench and flicked his wrist, like swishing a basketball, before high-fiving the first base coach.

He just finished burying his former team, the New York Mets , grounding an RBI single up the middle off right-hander Reed Garrett to give the Phillies a 5-4 lead in the sixth inning.

It was his final hit in the four-game sweep against the Mets. One of many in a series his former teammates and coaches would rather forget.

Was there any motivation facing his former team in a September series with postseason implications?

“I think you just keep your emotions in check and, again, just trust your preparation,” Bader said after the Mets’ 6-4 loss on Wednesday. “Obviously, having some familiarity with a lot of the pitche

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