NEW YORK — Rhys Hoskins‘ tie-breaking homer in the eighth inning Friday night provided a jolt to the National League Cy Young Award hopes of Philadelphia Phillies teammate Aaron Nola. On Saturday http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-dimaggio-jersey , the Phillies will find out if Hoskins’ blast had a longer-reaching impact.The Phillies will look to lock up their first series win in a month when they play the New York Mets in the middle game of a three-game series at Citi Field. Noah Syndergaard (10-3, 3.33 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for New York against Philadelphia’s Zach Eflin (9-6, 4.05) in a battle of right-handers.Hoskins’ homer on Friday provided the final run in the Phillies’ 4-3 victory and lifted Nola to his 16th win, which ties him with the Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer for the most in the NL.Article continues below ...Nola is in a three-way battle for the Cy Young Award with Scherzer, the two-time defending winner, and the Mets’ Jacob deGrom, who leads the league with a 1.68 ERA. Scherzer and Nola rank second and third at 2.28 and 2.29, respectively.Before Hoskins snapped an 0-for-14 skid with his blast, Nola was in danger of allowing three runs or fewer yet not getting a win for the 11th time in 29 starts this season.“He’s had some tough ones,” Hoskins said afterward. “It’s always good to pick up a teammate, no matter who it is.”The homer also helped the Phillies (74-66) pick up ground on the first-place Atlanta Braves in the NL East. Philadelphia, which has lost eight series and split another since sweeping the Miami Marlins from Aug. 2-5, is 2 1/2 games behind the Braves, who lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday night.“Cy Young race, the whole drama and everything that’s going on, game in a playoff chase with so much on the line,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. “It was huge for Rhys and obviously huge for Nola and huge for all of us to get that, collectively.”The Mets (63-77) have long been out of the playoff race Mickey Mantle Jersey , but facing Nola and the Phillies this weekend gives them multiple chances to play the role of spoiler. DeGrom, who is just 8-8 despite his minuscule ERA, is in line to start the series finale Sunday afternoon.While the Mets could not deny Nola the win Friday, manager Mickey Callaway took solace in denting his ERA ever so slightly and acknowledged he sensed a renewed energy by players hoping to help out deGrom.“I thought getting three runs off of him, hitting a couple homers off of him — not too many teams are scoring three runs off of him, indicated by his ERA,” Callaway said. “(The Cy Young Award race) definitely comes into play. I think you want to go out there and win every night, but certain circumstances definitely enter your mind when they’re there.”Syndergaard looked like a Cy Young Award contender himself in his most recent start last Sunday, when he threw the first complete game of his career in the Mets’ 4-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. The 26-year-old allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out 11 in the 114-pitch effort.Syndergaard is 4-2 with a 2.60 ERA in eight career starts against the Phillies. In two starts against Philadelphia this season, Syndergaard is 0-1 with a 5.59 ERA.Eflin last pitched on Sept. 1, when he lost his second straight start after giving up four runs (three earned) in five innings as the Phillies fell to the Chicago Cubs 7-1. He is 1-2 with a 6.20 ERA in his last four starts, a stretch in which Eflin’s ERA has risen from 3.57 to 4.05.Eflin is 1-2 with a 4.82 ERA in five career starts against the Mets, and he is 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA. in two starts against New York this year. SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Bay Area native Robbie Erlin hopes to treat his family and friends to his first win at AT&T Park on Tuesday night when he pitches for the San Diego Padres against the San Francisco Giants.Padres right-hander Bryan Mitchell came within one out of his first career shutout Monday night in San Diego’s 5-0 win in the series opener.Mitchell was pulled after loading the bases in the bottom of the ninth on a Brandon Crawford double and two walks. Kirby Yates came on to strike out pinch-hitter Austin Slater to nail down the Padres’ fifth shutout of the season.Article continues below ...The win was the Padres’ second straight over the Giants, who already have clinched the season series with a 10-7 advantage with just two left to play.Erlin (4-7, 4.33), who was born across the San Francisco Bay in Oakland, hasn’t come close to having Mitchell’s kind of success at AT&T Park, where he’s gone 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA in four appearances http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-yogi-berra-jersey , including two starts.He did beat the Giants last week in San Diego, allowing three runs in five innings in an 8-4 win. It snapped his four-game losing streak.Erlin will be opposed by the last man to throw a shutout in San Francisco, Giants right-hander Chris Stratton (10-10, 4.88).His shutout came two starts ago in a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies, one in which he allowed just two hits.He then was on the losing end of a matchup with Erlin last Wednesday in San Diego, bombed for five runs in the second inning, including two on a home run by Wil Myers.The Padres’ uprising came immediately following the offensive highlight of Stratton’s career, a bases-clearing double in the top of the second off Erlin that had given the Giants a 3-0 lead.Stratton was pulled after three innings.He’s gone 2-3 with a 4.70 ERA in five games, including four starts, against the Padres in his career.Stratton didn’t have to deal with Jose Pirela last week, but probably will in the rematch.The San Diego second baseman was the offensive star of Monday’s win, recording a home run and two singles.The homer was his fourth of the season overall and the RBI his eighth against the Giants this year, the most he’s recorded against any team.He now has 26 hits and 13 RBIs in his career against the Giants, his highest totals against any opponent.Pirela’s 3-for-4 night made him 12-for-33 (.364) in his last 10 starts.Crawford’s ninth-inning double off Mitchell was the 198th of his career, allowing him to pass Jack Clark for 13th place in the Giants’ West Coast history. Teammate Brandon Belt resides one spot higher on the list with 199.Crawford’s hit gave him three doubles, two triples and a home run in 57 at-bats against the Padres this season.He’s gone 6-for-10 in his career against Erlin with a double and a triple.