Mets crush seven homers in emphatic rout of Phillies to finally snap losing streak

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.PHILADELPHIA — That’s one for each game of the now deceased losing streak. The Mets turned to a tried and tested method for success Saturday night, smashing seven solo home runs to snap a seven-game losing streak with an 11-4 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Brandon Nimmo and Juan Soto each homered twice and Francisco Lindor, Jared Young and Francisco Alvarez joined the parade with blasts on a night the Mets amassed 15 hits, to finally exhale. The top three in the lineup — Lindor, Nimmo and Soto — combined to drive in nine of the runs.

The Mets, who moved into a tie with the Phillies atop the NL East, had scored only 16 runs during the losing streak. Nimmo was philosophical about the losing streak before it was snapped, telling The Post: “Sometimes it’s just your time to fail.It doesn’t mean that you are OK with it.

Aaron Judge, for example — amazing hitter, unbelievable job, AL MVP.But in the playoffs, it was a huge slump.

Did he want to pick that time for it to happen? No.But it’s baseball.

It happens to everyone.” Griffin Canning rebounded from shaky innings early and got the team through the fifth.Overall, he allowed four runs, one of which was unearned, on six hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

He departed after 94 pitches. Nimmo homered in the first for the game’s initial run, but the Mets’ struggles with runners in scoring position continued in the inning as Soto and Pete Alonso were left stranded at second and third (following Mick Abel’s wild pitch) by Jeff McNeil and Young. The Phillies countered with two runs against Canning in the bottom of the inning.Nick Castellanos smashed an RBI double and Max Kepler’s ground out brought in the other run.

Canning allowed consecutive one-out singles to Kyle Schwarber and Alec Bohm, fueling the rally. Otto Kemp scored o...