“That’s just being consistent, throwing strikes,” Wheeler said. The Cy Young hopeful inched his ERA down to 2.83, stretched his league-leading punchout total to 231 and reached 200 innings in a season for the first time. Wheeler (14-9) allowed a run and struck out six over five-plus innings, walking one and plunking two on 93 pitches. “We’re not mathematically out,” Nimmo said. Brandon Nimmo flied out to the warning track in left-center for the final out, and the Mets (72-76) dropped to 2-15 in their last 17 one-run games. Kennedy also pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 23rd save of the season, including seven since a deadline trade from Texas. Archie Bradley allowed two runs in the eighth on doubles by Francisco Lindor, Michael Conforto and Kevin Pillar before Ian Kennedy took over and got the last out of the inning. Philadelphia’s bullpen - which leads the majors with 32 blown saves - nearly gave up Wheeler’s lead. “I feel like we’re scratching and clawing,” Miller said. Harper was 1 for 4 with a double a night after homering and driving in four in a wild 17-8 win over the Chicago Cubs. Freddy Galvis and Matt Vierling had sacrifice flies, and Didi Gregorius padded the lead with a late RBI double. Miller put the Phillies ahead 2-1 in the fifth with a solo shot, his 19th homer of the season. They were three games behind NL East-leading Atlanta entering Friday, with the Mets another 2 1/2 games back of that. Louis for the second NL wild card, with San Diego and Cincinnati also in the way. The Phillies remained 2 1/2 games behind St. Wheeler limited the damage in a short but effective outing against his old team, Miller hit a tiebreaking homer and Philadelphia held off the New York Mets 4-3 in a showdown between teams clinging to postseason aspirations. With a longshot chance at an October splash still in play, the star-driven Phillies leaned on their depth Friday night. READ MORE: NFL Week 3 AFC North Preview: Ravens 'Should Finally Have a Sunday Afternoon Breather,' Says CBS Baltimore's Mark Viviano “If you want to win four, five games in a row, you want to win series, it has to come from everybody,” infielder Brad Miller said. NEW YORK (AP) - Cy Young Award candidate Zack Wheeler wore down early, MVP contender Bryce Harper was mostly quiet at the plate and still the Philadelphia Phillies found a way.
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