The Mets returned from their Monday off day coming back to Citi Field for the first time since their season opening series against the Pirates. They were facing the Diamondbacks, and the weather was looking so inhospitable that they had to move up the start times of the first two games to the early afternoon. Freddy Peralta was back on the mound to face off against Zac Gallen, who had returned to the Diamondbacks in the offseason on a one-year contract.
Freddy Peralta ran into a little bit of trouble
in the first inning, getting two baserunners on a single and a walk but he worked his way out of it without allowing a run. In the bottom of the inning, the Mets loaded the bases on three consecutive singles against Gallen. Brett Baty hit a one-out sacrifice fly to drive in the Mets first run of the game, but they were unable to capitalize further.
In the second, Peralta worked around a walk and an error that resulted in Ildemaro Vargas reaching base, and delivered another scoreless inning. In the bottom of the inning, Francisco Alvarez drew a two out walk, and Francisco Lindor drove him in on a double for the Mets second run of the game.
The Mets’ two-run lead stood until the fifth inning. After two outs to start the top of the fifth, a single, walk, and hit by pitch drove Freddy Peralta from the game. Huascar Brazobán came in to try and get the Mets out of it, and nearly did. But after an overturned strike call, he gave up a two-run single to Adrian Del Castillo to tie the game. Nolan Arenado followed that with a bloop double (you read that right) that drove in a third run for the Diamondbacks, bringing the Diamondbacks ahead by a run.
The score stayed the same for several innings, through several pitching changes. Brazobán turned the ball over to Luis García, García was followed by Brooks Raley. After Brooks Raley got through his inning giving up just one hit, the Mets came up in the bottom of the eighth inning with Jorge Polanco leading off. Polanco singled, and was replaced by Tyrone Taylor as a pinch runner. Brett Baty hit a one-out single to move Taylor to third, and Jared Young came in to pinch hit for Mark Vientos and delivered, driving in Taylor with a sacrifice fly to tie the game. Marcus Semien flew out to end the inning but the Mets went into the ninth inning with the score tied 3-3.
Neither side scored in the ninth inning, and the game headed into extra innings. Luke Weaver kept the Diamondbacks scoreless, giving the Mets a chance in the bottom of the inning to walk it off. With Lindor starting at second as the free runner, Bichette grounded out and moved Lindor to third. Ronny Mauricio was brought in to bat for Tyrone Taylor, and in his first at-bat since being called up to replace Juan Soto on the roster, he hit a single to right field to drive in Lindor and win the game.
The Mets play another weather-impacted afternoon game tomorrow, with David Peterson looking to bounce back from his awful start in San Francisco. The Diamondbacks will be starting Ryne Nelson, who has been similarly shaky to start the season. The Mets now have a four game win streak, which is coincidentally the same amount of days since they lost Juan Soto to his calf strain.
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Big Mets winner: Ronny Mauricio, +18% WPA
Big Mets loser: Huascar Brazobán, -32% WPA
Mets pitchers: 26% WPA
Mets hitters: 24% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Bo Bichette advancing Francisco Lindor to third on a ground out in the tenth inning, +19.3% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Adrian Del Castillo’s two-run single in the fifth inning, -22.7% WPA
