Simply when it appeared just like the Mets’ luck was about to expire, they did the unthinkable as soon as once more.
Down 3-2 within the backside of the tenth inning after Edwin Diaz gave up an RBI single to Nick Castellanos within the prime, Pete Alonso evened the rating with an RBI double off Jordan Romano. With two outs, Starling Marte hit a line drive to heart subject to attain Alonso, and the Mets walked off with a 4-3 win to comb the Philadelphia Phillies.
This got here after Diaz left the sport with coach Joe Golia.
With one out and the Mets down by one, Max Kranick, who had thrown greater than two innings solely two nights prior, walked J.T. Realmuto, and gave up a single to Alec Bohm to load the bases with one out. Kranick obtained two pop-ups to finish the inning, with heart fielder Tyrone Taylor ensuring Castellanos stayed placed on third base.
Credit score Juan Soto for conserving the sport tied. He won’t have a house run at Citi Subject but, however he threw out Castellanos within the prime of the eighth to make fairly presumably probably the most clutch play of the sport. Tied at 2-2 with two outs, Max Kepler hit a line drive simply past the attain of a diving Luisangel Acuña. Soto got here sprinting in from proper subject as Castellanos rounded third base and threw house to catcher Hayden Senger, who laid out for the tag to finish the inning and maintain the sport tied.
Jose Alvarado retired the center of the Mets’ order within the backside of the inning and Diaz made fast work of the Phillies within the prime of the ninth. The stress remained thick and the followers remained on their ft.
Acuña hit a two-out single off Alvarado within the backside of the ninth and Luis Torrens pinch-hit a single to carry up Lindor, however he hit a floor ball to second base to finish the inning and ship the sport into additional innings.
Brett Baty hit his first house run of the season to open the scoring, taking former Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler deep within the backside of the second for a two-run shot.
Left-hander David Peterson retired the facet so as within the third for his first clear inning, however then gave up two runs on 4 hits within the fourth. The Phillies hit Peterson, however not precisely exhausting. They took eight hits off of him — all singles — however went scoreless after the fourth.
The Mets didn’t enable a single extra-base hit.
Peterson and Wheeler each exited the sport having given up two earned runs, however Peterson left within the sixth inning. The Mets may have used one other two outs from the lefty, at minimal, or one other 4, ideally. The bullpen has had a heavy workload with the Mets on the finish of a 13-game stretch with out an off day. With the crew off Thursday, there was a bit of flexibility, however not a lot.
Huascar Brazobán obtained the final two outs of the sixth for Peterson. He walked two and struck out two over 5 1/3 innings.
Wheeler then struck out the facet within the backside of the sixth to maintain the sport tied, ending his day with two earned runs on 5 hits, two walks and 9 strikeouts.
