Jesus Luzardo retired 22 straight batters after a rough first inning and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a 6-4 win to sweep the visiting New York Mets on Thursday.

Otto Kemp homered and drove in three runs for Philadelphia (87-60), which punctuated a four-game sweep, lowering its magic number to five to clinch the National League East. Meanwhile, the Mets (76-71) have lost six in a row and hold just a 1 1/2-game lead over the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds for the third and final NL wild-card spot.

Luzardo (14-6) struck out 10 and did not walk a batter over eight innings. He allowed four runs and five hits -- all in the first inning -- before giving way to Jhoan Duran, who authored a dominant ninth for his 29th save, striking out Juan Soto, Pete Alonso and Mark Vientos.

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