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It hasn’t been pretty, but the Mets continue to find a way.
That was again the case on Friday night, as New York blew a late lead but battled to come away with a much-needed gusty walk-off win over the Marlins in extra innings.
It was their league-high 11th extra-inning victory to this point, and here’s how it played out:
Unlike last weekend in Miami, New York was able to come through with some timely hits early on against Max Meyer, scratching across four runs in the bottom of the first.
“The guys put together some really good at-bats there,” Carlos Mendoza said. "We saw Myers over the weekend and he was nasty, so it was good to see them set the tone out of the gate."
Freddy Peralta followed that with a scoreless second inning, but then the Marlins were able to get themselves on the board after making him work through a 38-pitch third.
The righty ended up being chased with four runs allowed (two earned) in 4.2 innings of work.
“Give those guys a lot of credit,” Mendoza said. “They made him work and grinded out some long at-bat's, we didn’t make some plays in the field which cost him some pitches, but they made it tough on him.”
The skipper was forced to lean heavily on his bullpen once again, and things went as planned until Tobias Myers allowed a game-tying two-run homer in the top of the eighth.
The struggling Myers ended up being optioned to Triple-A following the game.
Before that, though, this one was pushed to extras where Austin Warren did a tremendous job stranding the ghost runner at second then MJ Melendez sent the fans home happy with a towering two-run blast.
It was the first walk-off knock of Melendez’s big-league career.
“Honestly pretty speechless, kind of a surreal feeling,” the lefty said. “It’s something that I’ve never done before at the major league level, so it was a really crazy feeling.”
Three of the Mets’ last five victories have come in extras, with the other two being a one and two-run ballgame.
It’s a trend they know isn’t sustainable, but they’ll take it for now.
“At the big-league level you take the wins however they come,” Mendoza emphasized. “Especially with how hard it’s been for us this year -- ideally on a night like tonight, we had to use pretty much everyone that was available.
“Is that sustainable? Of course not. But at this level it’s just whatever it takes day in and day out, we worry about tomorrow tomorrow, and I’m glad that the boys were able to come through today.”
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That was again the case on Friday night, as New York blew a late lead but battled to come away with a much-needed gusty walk-off win over the Marlins in extra innings.
It was their league-high 11th extra-inning victory to this point, and here’s how it played out:
Unlike last weekend in Miami, New York was able to come through with some timely hits early on against Max Meyer, scratching across four runs in the bottom of the first.
“The guys put together some really good at-bats there,” Carlos Mendoza said. "We saw Myers over the weekend and he was nasty, so it was good to see them set the tone out of the gate."
Freddy Peralta followed that with a scoreless second inning, but then the Marlins were able to get themselves on the board after making him work through a 38-pitch third.
The righty ended up being chased with four runs allowed (two earned) in 4.2 innings of work.
“Give those guys a lot of credit,” Mendoza said. “They made him work and grinded out some long at-bat's, we didn’t make some plays in the field which cost him some pitches, but they made it tough on him.”
The skipper was forced to lean heavily on his bullpen once again, and things went as planned until Tobias Myers allowed a game-tying two-run homer in the top of the eighth.
The struggling Myers ended up being optioned to Triple-A following the game.
Before that, though, this one was pushed to extras where Austin Warren did a tremendous job stranding the ghost runner at second then MJ Melendez sent the fans home happy with a towering two-run blast.
It was the first walk-off knock of Melendez’s big-league career.
“Honestly pretty speechless, kind of a surreal feeling,” the lefty said. “It’s something that I’ve never done before at the major league level, so it was a really crazy feeling.”
Three of the Mets’ last five victories have come in extras, with the other two being a one and two-run ballgame.
It’s a trend they know isn’t sustainable, but they’ll take it for now.
“At the big-league level you take the wins however they come,” Mendoza emphasized. “Especially with how hard it’s been for us this year -- ideally on a night like tonight, we had to use pretty much everyone that was available.
“Is that sustainable? Of course not. But at this level it’s just whatever it takes day in and day out, we worry about tomorrow tomorrow, and I’m glad that the boys were able to come through today.”
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