NEW YORK -- Perhaps a little luck is all the Mets needed. Little else has gone their way this year, forcing them to look fully toward their future on Friday with the promotion of Dilson Herrera. This team will not come close to 90 wins, which general manager Sandy Alderson reiterated earlier in the day "was not a goal." But that doesn't mean things have to end sourly for the Mets.So maybe the luck they received in the seventh inning Friday, scoring three runs without the benefit of a hit, was the start of something upon which they can build. Goodness knows they could use it. 
The Mets could use more of the magic that unfolded with two outs in the seventh, when Grady Sizemore dropped a routine fly ball to allow two runs to score. They could use more of the make-your-own-luck aggression that followed, when Eric Campbell swiped home on a double steal. And they could certainly use more of this type of result: a spirited 4-1 win over the Phillies before 25,250 fans.About the only thing that did not go swimmingly for the Mets was the debut of Herrera, their new 20-year-old second baseman, who finished 0-for-3. But on a night when Jacob deGrom pitched brilliantly and the rest fell into place, that hardly seemed to matter.Though the Mets could not have taken the lead without Sizemore's gaffe, it was deGrom who put them in position to take advantage of it. Returning to the form he displayed before going on the disabled list earlier this month, deGrom took a no-hitter into the fifth and allowed just four hits -- all singles -- in seven innings. The only run against him was unearned, coming on Cody Asche's RBI single after a Lucas Duda throwing error.That tied the game at 1, making the Mets' seventh-inning rally a critical one. After reliever Jake Diekman loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batsman, the Phillies brought on Justin De Fratus to face Juan Lagares, who lifted a fly ball to shallow left-center field. Sizemore raced over, called off center fielder Ben Revere, settled under it ... and dropped it. Two runs came around to score.Moments later, the Mets executed a perfect double steal, with Lagares drawing a throw from the catcher while Campbell used the diversion to scamper home. The crowd roared and the Mets -- for once -- smiled, clapping Campbell on the back in their dugout.Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
The Mets could use more of the magic that unfolded with two outs in the seventh, when Grady Sizemore dropped a routine fly ball to allow two runs to score. They could use more of the make-your-own-luck aggression that followed, when Eric Campbell swiped home on a double steal. And they could certainly use more of this type of result: a spirited 4-1 win over the Phillies before 25,250 fans.About the only thing that did not go swimmingly for the Mets was the debut of Herrera, their new 20-year-old second baseman, who finished 0-for-3. But on a night when Jacob deGrom pitched brilliantly and the rest fell into place, that hardly seemed to matter.Though the Mets could not have taken the lead without Sizemore's gaffe, it was deGrom who put them in position to take advantage of it. Returning to the form he displayed before going on the disabled list earlier this month, deGrom took a no-hitter into the fifth and allowed just four hits -- all singles -- in seven innings. The only run against him was unearned, coming on Cody Asche's RBI single after a Lucas Duda throwing error.That tied the game at 1, making the Mets' seventh-inning rally a critical one. After reliever Jake Diekman loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batsman, the Phillies brought on Justin De Fratus to face Juan Lagares, who lifted a fly ball to shallow left-center field. Sizemore raced over, called off center fielder Ben Revere, settled under it ... and dropped it. Two runs came around to score.Moments later, the Mets executed a perfect double steal, with Lagares drawing a throw from the catcher while Campbell used the diversion to scamper home. The crowd roared and the Mets -- for once -- smiled, clapping Campbell on the back in their dugout.Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
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