Chasing balls in the dirt. We didn't work deep into counts like we should have. We have to understand what they're trying to do to us and flip the switch as an offense," he said per Matt Gelb of The Athletic.

Zack Wheeler touched 99 mph as he threw all 11 of his pitches for strikes in the first inning Saturday, the Philadelphia Phillies' ace offering a tantalizing peek at his dominant playoff outing ahead.

After Wheeler held them to no runs and one hit in seven innings, the Mets unloaded against the Phillies' vaunted bullpen to win Game 1, 6-2.