Luzardo backed by homers from Schwarber and Sosa as Phillies beat struggling Mets 7-1
JOINING US TONIGHT AT SIX. I’M MCKENNA ALEXANDER. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING TONIGHT WITH METEOROLOGIST RYAN ARGENTI. TRACKING HOW HIGH THE TEMPERATURES MAY CLIMB. AND NEWS EIGHT’S TAYLOR HESS LIVE FROM LANCASTER COUNTY COOLING CENTER. WITH WAYS YOU CAN STAY SAFE AND COOL. LET’S GO AHEAD AND START WITH METEOROLOGIST RYAN ARGENTI AND RYAN. WHAT ARE TEMPERATURES LOOKING LIKE ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TONIGHT? DEFINITELY HOT OUT THERE. YES. CERTAINLY HOT. WE HAVEN’T EVEN LEFT THE 90S YET. MCKENNA. WE ARE STILL INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY GETTING INTO THIS EVENING. AND IT’S STILL GOING TO BE QUITE THE WARM NIGHT GETTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. BUT LOOKING LIVE OVER, OVER, OVER HARRISBURG RIGHT NOW IT’S MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS. SO IN TERMS OF THE SKY CONDITIONS, NOT TOO BAD. BUT MAN, IT IS THE HEAT AND THE HUMIDITY THAT IS THE KILLER OUT THERE. 92 DEGREES CURRENTLY IN HARRISBURG. BUT PAIR THAT WITH THE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE OF 72 DEGREES. IT MAKES THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE. AND DESPITE THAT, SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZE STILL DOES NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF TO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. YOU CAN SEE SOME STORMS WERE JUST TRAVELING PAST EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY, AND THEY HAVE SINCE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS EVENING, ALTHOUGH AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN OR IS NOW HAS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA FOR CODE ORANGE, MEANING UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. THAT’S THE TYPE OF AIR QUALITY THAT WE’RE EXPECTING FOR TOMORROW, AND WE ARE ALL UNDER AN EXTREME HEAT WARNING UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 8:00 IN THE EVENING INTO THE 90S. RIGHT NOW, 95 IN LEBANON AT THIS TIME. AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE HOT, FOLKS, BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY. THAT’S WHEN WE’LL START TO BEGIN TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF. BUT IT WON’T BE UNTIL THEN WHERE WE’LL START TO DIP BACK DOWN TO SEASONABLE LEVELS OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT DOWN INTO THE MID 70S. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THE FULL FORECAST AND MORE TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN STAY COOL COMING UP HERE IN JUST A FEW MORE MOMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, RYAN. NOW AT LEAST TWO SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COUNTIES ARE EXTENDING HOURS AT SENIOR CENTERS SO THAT OLDER RESIDENTS CAN STAY SAFE AND OUT OF THE HEAT. IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, THE SENIOR CENTERS IN CHAMBERSBURG, GREENCASTLE AND MERCERSBURG WILL BE OPEN FROM EIGHT IN THE MORNING UNTIL SEVEN AT NIGHT ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. IN LANCASTER COUNTY, THE SENIOR CENTERS IN LANCASTER, COLUMBIA, ELIZABETHTOWN, LITITZ, MILLERSVILLE AND QUARRYVILLE WILL ALSO HAVE EXTENDED HOURS FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AND THE CITY OF YORK ALSO OFFERING COOLING STATIONS WHERE RESIDENTS CAN SIT IN AIR CONDITIONING AND ESCAPE SOME OF THAT HEAT. NOW, I KNOW THIS WAS A LOT OF THINGS HERE, SO YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE WGAL.COM TO GET ANY OF THOSE LOCATIONS, TIMES OR DAYS FOR THE COOLING CENTERS THERE. WE HAVE A COMPLETE LIST. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE OUTDOORS, THERE ARE STILL THINGS YOU CAN DO TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE. LET’S BRING IN NEWS EIGHT’S TAYLOR HESS, WHO JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM THE COOLING CENTER AT THE COLUMBIA CENTER IN LANCASTER COUNTY. TAYLOR, HOW CAN THIS HELP PEOPLE? YEAH, WE ARE HERE ON LOCUST STREET AT THE COLUMBIA DREAM CENTER, JUST LIKE YOU SAID AT ONE OF THE MANY COOLING CENTERS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. NOW, IF YOU DO HAVE TO BE OUT IN THAT HEAT, DOCTOR CAROL STROMINGER FROM PATIENT FIRST IN LANCASTER DOES HAVE SOME TIPS FOR YOU. SO FIRST HE SAYS, IF YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE OUT IN THAT HEAT, THEN AVOID IT. DURING THESE DAYS WITH EXTREME TEMPERATURES, YOU’RE SAFER INSIDE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIMES OF 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M., WHERE THOSE TEMPERATURES TEND TO BE THE HIGHEST. NOW, IF YOU DO HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE, AVOID LONG EXPOSURE AND TAKE BREAKS IN THE SHADE AND AIR CONDITIONING AS NEEDED. HE ALSO SAYS AVOID EXERCISING AND BRING THESE THINGS WITH YOU WHEN YOU STEP OUTDOORS. COOL, LIGHT CLOTHING, PLENTY OF FLUIDS. BRING A LOT OF WATER WITH YOU. ICE PACKS ARE HELPFUL. EVEN AN UMBRELLA COULD BE VERY HELPFUL. SUNSCREEN ALSO SO YOU DON’T BURN UP AND JUST MINIMIZE YOUR TIME. AND WE’LL HAVE MORE ON NEWS EIGHT AT TEN AND 11 ABOUT HOW TO SPOT SOME OF THOSE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION TO HELP KEEP YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES SAFE DURING THIS EXTREME HEAT IN COLUM
Luzardo backed by homers from Schwarber and Sosa as Phillies beat struggling Mets 7-1
Updated: 10:28 PM EDT Jun 22, 2025
Kyle Schwarber and Edmundo Sosa homered, Jesús Luzardo tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies regained sole possession of first place in the NL East with a 7-1 victory over the slumping New York Mets on Sunday night.Nick Castellanos added two doubles and an RBI for the Phillies, who have won nine of 11 after taking two of three games in the series against their division rivals. Philadelphia (47-31) moved one game ahead of New York in the standings.Francisco Lindor homered late for the Mets, who have lost eight of nine.Luzardo (7-3) allowed three hits with seven strikeouts and a walk.The Phillies did their damage against David Peterson (5-3) in the fourth when they scored five runs. Schwarber led off with his 24th homer, a drive off the batter’s eye in center field. After an RBI single by Otto Kemp made it 2-0, Sosa hit a three-run shot on an 84 mph slider into Philadelphia’s bullpen in right-center. Sosa also singled and doubled.Peterson didn’t come out for the fifth after needing 72 pitches to get through four innings.Schwarber’s homer on a 1-2 cutter to start the fourth changed the game. Peterson had cruised through three innings, allowing only Sosa’s infield single. Philadelphia sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning, getting five hits and drawing two walks.Lindor went deep for the second consecutive night — but a long streak came to an end. New York had won 28 straight games in which Lindor homered, one shy of the major league record. The Brooklyn Dodgers won 29 games in a row when Carl Furillo connected from 1951-53. Mets: RHP Paul Blackburn (0-1, 6.92 ERA) starts Monday night at home against Atlanta in the opener of a four-game series. RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (5-4, 3.26) pitches for the Braves.Phillies: After an off day, Philadelphia begins a three-game series at Houston on Tuesday night. LHP Ranger Suárez (6-1, 2.20 ERA) is scheduled to face Astros LHP Framber Valdez (8-4, 3.09).
PHILADELPHIA —
Kyle Schwarber and Edmundo Sosa homered, Jesús Luzardo tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies regained sole possession of first place in the NL East with a 7-1 victory over the slumping New York Mets on Sunday night.
Nick Castellanos added two doubles and an RBI for the Phillies, who have won nine of 11 after taking two of three games in the series against their division rivals. Philadelphia (47-31) moved one game ahead of New York in the standings.
Francisco Lindor homered late for the Mets, who have lost eight of nine.
Luzardo (7-3) allowed three hits with seven strikeouts and a walk.
The Phillies did their damage against David Peterson (5-3) in the fourth when they scored five runs. Schwarber led off with his 24th homer, a drive off the batter’s eye in center field. After an RBI single by Otto Kemp made it 2-0, Sosa hit a three-run shot on an 84 mph slider into Philadelphia’s bullpen in right-center.
Sosa also singled and doubled.
Peterson didn’t come out for the fifth after needing 72 pitches to get through four innings.
Schwarber’s homer on a 1-2 cutter to start the fourth changed the game. Peterson had cruised through three innings, allowing only Sosa’s infield single. Philadelphia sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning, getting five hits and drawing two walks.
Lindor went deep for the second consecutive night — but a long streak came to an end. New York had won 28 straight games in which Lindor homered, one shy of the major league record. The Brooklyn Dodgers won 29 games in a row when Carl Furillo connected from 1951-53.
Mets: RHP Paul Blackburn (0-1, 6.92 ERA) starts Monday night at home against Atlanta in the opener of a four-game series. RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (5-4, 3.26) pitches for the Braves.
Phillies: After an off day, Philadelphia begins a three-game series at Houston on Tuesday night. LHP Ranger Suárez (6-1, 2.20 ERA) is scheduled to face Astros LHP Framber Valdez (8-4, 3.09).