New York fell 4-3 on Monday, and matched its season low of 13 games under .500.
-- Tommy Pham hit a tying home run in the eighth inning to finish a triple short of the cycle in his return to Citi Field, Ketel Marte had a go-ahead double in the ninth and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat thePham, dealt by the Mets in their trade-deadline purge of veterans, doubled to start a two-run fourth against José Quintana and singled in the fifth.
Pinch-hitter Alek Thomas singled with one out in the ninth off Drew Smith , and Marte fisted an opposite-field double down the left-field line. When the ball ricocheted off the left-field wall in the corner and bounced out of McNeil's glove, the speedy Thomas scored standing up. New York rookie Ronny Mauricio walked leading off the ninth, advanced on Brett Baty's sacrifice and stole third. Pinch-hitter Daniel Vogelbach took a called third strike and Omar Narváez walked. After Arizona failed to hold pinch-runner Tim Locastro and allowed him to steal second, Brandon Nimmo flied out.
Evan Longoria had an RBI single and Emmanuel Rivera a sacrifice fly as Arizona took a 2-0 lead in the fourth.