This Mets team just won’t give up.
We saw it during the Atlanta Series as they battled night in and night out, we saw it this weekend against the red-hot Kansas City Royals, and we saw it again in Monday’s series opener against the red-hot Pirates.
After trailing 3-0 in the top of the sixth inning, the Mets immediately battled back in the bottom half of the inning, as DJ Stewart capped a three-run inning with a game-tying pinch-hit double off the bench.
“We preach that everyone is ready,” Stewart said. “Everyone on our team knows that if we don’t start, there’s a chance we could pinch-hit or come in defensively during the game. I didn’t know if it would happen in that situation, so I was just getting ready in the match. the cage.
“I came out for that inning like I always do, Mendy [Carlos Mendoza] told me if they made the switch this would be my chance and I was just looking for a field to ride and he gave it to me.
Brooks Raley And Adam Ottavino combined for two more scoreless innings to tie the game at three before New York would rally again to take their first lead of the evening in the eighth.
After Stewart and Jeff McNeil got into scoring position after a brave double steal, Harrison Bader came through for the second day in a row with a huge RBI double on the go-ahead off the hard-throwing southpaw Aroldis Chapman.
Bader would go on to steal third and then score an insurance run with an aggressive base on a Brandon Nimmo fielder’s choice.
“I’m just thankful that it worked out for us,” the outfielder said. “Anyway, to manage for your team to get to the finish line in that situation, they all feel great. I just thought small, tried to be light and just tried to put a good swing on the ball to help my team.
Edwin Diaz came in the ninth inning and earned his fourth save of the season and the Mets’ seventh win in their last ten games, moving them back to the .500 mark after starting the year with consecutive losses to the Brewers and Tigers. .
“We’re just slowing everything down on both sides of the ball right now,” Bader said. “We are picking our spots, the boys below are preparing when they are called up by Mendy to come forward, like DJ did tonight.
“If we do that and focus on those things, we will be dangerous. We just have to keep proving it night in and night out. Tonight was a great example of that and I know we will all achieve our goals.” rest and look forward to tomorrow.”
