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Phillies (26-52) at Mets (37-42) 4:10 p.m. on CSN; streaming live on CSNPhilly.com and the NBC Sports App Jacob deGrom took a no-hit bid into the fifth inning and guided the Mets to a 2-1 over the Phillies Friday night. Now the Phils send out the resurgent Jeremy Hellickson with a chance to improve his trade value against Zack Wheeler and the Mets. Here are five things to know for Saturday afternoon: 1. Hellickson on a roll Come July 31, there are a few certainties for the Phillies. Pat Neshek will be shipped out. Howie Kendrick, if healthy, is likely a goner as well. And if he continues to pitch like his last two starts, Jeremy Hellickson may earn himself a ticket out of town.  Facing the Cardinals Continue to Article

July 01, 2017 9:41:am EST

The Mets have won six of their last seven games, 9.5 losses back of the Nationals in the NL East and nine losses back of the Rockies in the Wild Card race. There are 83 games left to play in the season, 30 days until the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline and nine days until the All-Star break. What's Next The Mets play Game 2 of a three-game set with the Phillies Saturday at 4:10 p.m. Zack Wheeler (3-5, 5.29 ERA) will try to bounce back after a quick DL stint for biceps tendinitis that forced him to miss his last start. He will be up against Jeremy Hellickson (5-5, 4.40 ERA) who has yet to earn a win since May 1.  In Case You Missed It Jacob deGrom tallied 12 strikeouts in the Mets', 2-1, win Continue to Article

July 01, 2017 6:17:am EST

NEW YORK -- Phillies president Andy MacPhail held a state of the team chat with reporters in the dugout at Citi Field before Friday night's game against the Mets. Here are the highlights: On the season "I’m disappointed like everybody else. I don’t think there’s any great surprise that I’m disappointed. I didn’t expect us to contend, quite honestly. I thought it was a stretch that we’d get to .500. The fact that we’ve struggled as much as we have is disappointing, particularly when we made some effort to avoid this very thing. We made some effort in terms of our payroll to sacrifice draft position in ’18, to bring some stabilizers in so we wouldn’t have to endure — our fans wouldn’t have to endure Continue to Article

June 30, 2017 9:56:pm EST

New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson (left) and pitcher Matt Harvey (right) are still not on great terms. The soap opera that is the New York Mets continued on Friday when general manager Sandy Alderson took a less than subtle dig at Matt Harvey while discussing the pitcher’s recovery from a right shoulder injury. When asked how Harvey’s recovery was coming along, Alderson responded by referencing Harvey’s recent off the field drama. Continue to Article

June 30, 2017 7:54:pm EST