PHILADELPHIA -AP- Michael Cuddyer hit a go-ahead two-run, pinch-hit single in the sixth inning and Noah Syndergaard finally won on the road as the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory.
Yoenis Cespedes homered for the Mets, who have won 17 of their last 23 to remain 5 1/2 games up on the Nationals in the NL East.
Ryan Howard and Freddy Galvis homered for Philadelphia, which has lost seven straight to the Mets.
 
Mets top Phillies for fifth straight win
 
Syndergaard (8-6) did just enough to earn his first road victory of the season in his 10th try. He entered 0-5 with a 5.05 ERA away from Citi Field while 8-1 with a 1.82 at home. In five innings, Syndergaard allowed four runs, two of which were earned, on four hits with nine strikeouts and two walks.
Jerome Williams (4-10) was lifted after a walk and a single put runners on first and third with one out. Jeanmar Gomez relieved Williams and walked home a run and surrendered Cuddyer's single to center that gave New York a 6-4 lead.
Williams was charged with five runs, four earned, on five hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Jeurys Familia pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his 34th save in 39 opportunities.
A night after the teams tied an NL record by combining for 11 home runs, they connected for three on Tuesday.
Cespedes picked up where he left off on Monday by putting the Mets ahead 2-0 in the first with a two-run shot to center. Cespedes, one of seven Mets who homered Monday when New York set a club record with eight, is batting .306 with seven homers and 20 RBI since New York acquired him on July 31.
Syndergaard helped his own cause with an RBI double in the bottom of the second that gave New York a 3-0 lead.
The Phillies went ahead with four runs in the third.
Freddy Galvis continued his hot streak with a two-run shot to left to pull Philadelphia within 3-2. The Mets should've been out of the inning on the next batter, but Kelly Johnson couldn't complete the throw after cleanly fielding Odubel Herrera's grounder. Howard made New York pay with an opposite-field, two-run shot that put Philadelphia in front 4-3.
A frustrated Syndergaard screamed into his glove as he exited the mound toward the dugout after the frame.
David Wright went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in his second game back after missing most of the season with a hamstring and back injury. Wright homered on Monday in his first at-bat since April 14.
The Phillies set a season high with 16 strikeouts.
 

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