Bailer Falter twirled six innings of two-hit ball, Kyle Schwarber tripled and doubled, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 4-1 Saturday to earn a split of a day-night doubleheader. The Mets took the opener 8-2, and can still take 3 of 4 on Sunday.
Falter allowed one run in his first major league start since July 29. After a rocky first inning where he walked two, hit a batter and allowed Francisco Lindor to score on a wild pitch, he retired 16 of the next 18 hitters.
David Robertson gave up a two-out double to Jeff McNeil and walked Mark Canha before getting rookie Brett Baty on a grounder for his 17th save of the year and third since rejoining Philadelphia as part of a trade deadline deal with the Chicago Cubs.
Alec Bohm hit a two-run double that just touched the outer edge of the left-field chalk line off David Peterson in the third. Schwarber tripled in the eighth and scored on Rhys Hoskins' single.
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