Luzardo, the Phillies’ top offseason addition in a trade with the Marlins, blazed through the season’s first two months with a 2.15 ERA in 11 starts. But he stumbled badly in back-to-back starts against the Brewers and Cubs, then made adjustments when the Phillies believed he might have been tipping pitches.

The Phillies' righty bats entered the game with a .690 OPS against lefties, 97 points worse than a season ago. But Sunday, they delivered.

Kyle Schwarber and Edmundo Sosa homered, Jesús Luzardo tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies regained sole possession of first place in the NL East with a 7-1 victory over the slumping New York Mets on Sunday night.