Phillies closer Ken Giles picked up his 14th save in a 4-3 win over the Mets on Tuesday, surrendering a hit, two earned runs and a walk in one inning. He struck out two.
Giles made things interesting by surrendering a 378-foot shot to Lucas Duda with David Murphy on in the ninth, but was then able to whiff Travis d'Arnaud for the final out. Prior to Tuesday's contest, the 25-year-old had not surrendered an earned run since an Aug. 9 outing against the Padres, a string of 16 innings. The gopher ball was also only the second given up by Giles all season, with the only other round-tripper having come way back on May 16 against Arizona. Giles has turned in impressive work overall after replacing the departed Jonathan Papelbon as closer, and would appear to have the inside track on the job heading into 2016.