A tying two-run homer in the seventh by Mark Vientos, brought up from the minors for his season debut, was only the third-most memorable long ball of the night. I just kind of black out for a little bit, enjoy the moment and run the bases.”Įxpected to be a power with a record $355 million payroll, the Mets ran onto the field to celebrate their first walk-off win this season. “It was just pure reaction,” Alonso said. His nose red from a sinus infection, Alonso was about to flip when he dropped his bat and began his trot. Then in the 10th, it was Pete Alonso's turn after his three-run shot turned a two-run deficit into an improbable 8-7 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, the major leagues' best team. NEW YORK - Francisco Álvarez flipped his bat high in the air, celebrating a tying three-run homer for the New York Mets with two outs in the ninth inning. Teh sux0rest play: Kyle Schwarber’s fifth inning walk, -3.Álvarez 3-run HR in 9th, Alonso 3-run HR in 10th give Mets 8-7 comeback win over Rays Teh aw3s0mest play: Jeff McNeil’s fifth inning two RBI single, +15.3% WPA Box scoresīig Mets winner: Tylor Megill, +25.5% WPAīig Mets loser: Starling Marte, -10.4% WPA And all that adds up to one of the most magical nights in Queens in franchise history. The pitching, while sometimes not very pretty, was effective. It was a fun run, especially since Alonso has not looked completely himself so far in 2022. The Mets added a superfluous insurance run in the sixth, with Pete Alonso tattooing a poorly placed first pitch change up over the left field wall. Jeff McNeil rewarded Canha’s decision to get into scoring position by hitting a single to center, scoring two runs. Mark Canha decided yesterday was a perfectly acceptable time to record his first extra-base hit in orange and blue, and in last night’s case black, smoking a ball down the third base line for a double, moving Esocbar to third. It came apart for him in the fifth, starting with an Eduardo Escobar single off the glove of Jean Segura. Probably for trivia question-related purposes in like, 2035 or something.Īaron Nola was quite good for most of his outing, matching zeros with Megill through the first four frames. While, and believe me, I know, no one will remember how the three runs were scored tonight, it is still important to note. Of course, this could not have happened without some runs. His slider, in Díaz’s own words after the game, was “nasty”, and he rode his signature pitch to likely the biggest save of his career thus far. Frankly, all three looked completely outmatched. Díaz was more than ready for it.ĭíaz struck out the side with expert efficiency, doing so on 13 pitches (11 strikes). The vibe was as tense as one would imagine when you are chasing history. Díaz had the herculean task of facing three of the better hitters in baseball in Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos, and J.T. Edwin Díaz predictably got the ball for the ninth, and he was everything you could ask for and more in a closer on this day. Lugo induced two relatively easy pop ups, getting the game to the ninth inning. Rodriguez got one out in the eighth, walked Johan Carmargo, and gave the ball to Seth Lugo. Joely Rodriguez relieved Smith, walked Kyle Schwarber, and immediately got Alec Bohm to roll into a 6-4-3 double play. He walked one and threw 36 pitches, having to battle for each strike out he earned.
He threw 1.1 innings, recorded all of his outs via strikeout, but he labored through it. Despite the fact that he surrendered no hits, it was clearly time to turn this thing over to the Mets’ bullpen, a unit that has yet to find its footing on the young season.ĭrew Smith came in for the sixth inning and did similar work. The pitcher known as Big Drip battled, through, working around each and every walk he surrendered to keep the Phillies off the board, ending his night with a strikeout of Oduebel Herrera, blowing a 96 MPH fastball directly past him to strand two baserunners.
He had issues locating any of his secondary pitches, walking three. Ironically, considering this was literally a no-Hitter, Megill was not sharp in his five innings of work. And for the second time in Mets history, they surrendered zero hits. Drew Smith, Joely Rodriguez, Seth Lugo, and Edwin Díaz-in that order-each came in and did their their respective things. On April 29, 2022, five pitchers-one starter and four relievers-joined him in Mets history, where they will stay forevermore. On June 1, 2012, Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter in Mets history, a long-awaited achievement for a franchise with a storied pitching history.
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