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PHILADELPHIA — Backs to the wall, the Mets went back-to-back-to-back.
The Mets tried to use their might to snap a seven-game losing streak and crushed three consecutive home runs in Saturday’s third inning against the Phillies that launched them from two runs down to one run ahead.
Against young righty Mick Abel, first Francisco Lindor stepped into a full-count four-seamer and crushed it to the deepest part of Citizens Bank Park, 406 feet to left-center.
Six pitches later, it was Brandon Nimmo who drilled his second home run of the day, this time clearing the right-field wall and rounding the bases with a wide grin after tying it up.
The game remained tied for seven pitches.
Juan Soto demolished a no-doubter deep into the right-field seats, laying waste to a 97 mph fastball at the top of the zone.
The Mets had sent a statement — but also had merely crept ahead, 4-3, at the time.
It was the first time three Mets homered in succession since Oct. 4, 2022, when Nimmo, Lindor and Jeff McNeil went back-to-back-to-back against the Nationals.
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