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06/26 21:37 CDT Hill makes incredible grab as Wheeler pitches Phillies to 2-1
win after Mets fire manager
Hill makes incredible grab as Wheeler pitches Phillies to 2-1 win after Mets
fire manager
By JERRY BEACH
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Derek Hill robbed Juan Soto of a two-run homer with a
spectacular catch that helped Zack Wheeler and the Philadelphia Phillies beat
the reeling New York Mets 2-1 on Friday night.
Trea Turner drove in Hill with a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and
Philadelphia spoiled Andy Green's debut as Mets interim manager by handing New
York its seventh consecutive defeat.
Green replaced Carlos Mendoza, who was fired Friday morning after the
high-priced Mets reached the season's midpoint at 34-47 and 9 1/2 games back of
the NL's last wild-card berth.
Mendoza, who went 206-199 in 2 1/2 seasons, became the third major league
manager to lose his job since the season started. Boston's Alex Cora was
replaced by Chad Tracy and Philadelphia's Rob Thomson by Don Mattingly, both in
late April.
The Phillies have gone 37-17 under Mattingly to move into the top NL wild-card
spot.
Bryce Harper also had an RBI single for Philadelphia, which has won four
straight and six of seven. Turner's two-out hit off reliever Huascar Brazobn
(4-2) made it 2-1 in the seventh, six innings after Hill --- racing at full
speed --- leaped at the right-center wall and snared Soto's drive high above
the fence.
Wheeler grinned before Hill exchanged high-fives and chest bumps with right
fielder Brandon Marsh. The crowd of 39,077 at Citi Field gasped and even
applauded some when the replay was shown on the large videoboard in center.
Wheeler (8-1) allowed four hits over seven innings against his former team,
including Jared Young's run-scoring single in the fourth. He struck out five.
The right-hander has a 2.03 ERA in 12 starts this year since returning from
thoracic outlet decompression surgery late last season, which followed a
procedure to remove a blood clot from his upper right arm.
Jhoan Duran earned his 20th save with a one-hit ninth to close out a game that
took just 2 hours, 20 minutes.
Mets left-hander Zach Thornton gave up one run and five hits over six
encouraging innings in his second major league start. He struck out seven and
walked one.
Up next
Phillies RHP Alan Rangel (0-0, 2.25 ERA) starts Saturday against Mets RHP
Christian Scott (2-0, 3.10), who is scheduled to come off the injured list.
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