Although Francisco Alvarez had to reach down to hit his seventh-inning double on Saturday, dipping below the strike zone to lift an Orion Kerkering sweeper to left-center field, he caught enough of the pitch to strike it with some authority.

And it was a pair of Mets 22-year-olds that helped halt that chance. Luisangel Acuña and Francisco Alvarez both homered and Sean Manaea reaffirmed his stature atop the rotation to lift the Mets to a 6-3 victory over the Phillies in front of a boisterous sold-out crowd of 44,