Just when it looked like the Mets’ luck was about to run out, they did the unthinkable once again.
Down 3-2 in the bottom of the 10th inning after Edwin Diaz gave up an RBI single to Nick Castellanos in the top, Pete Alonso evened the score with an RBI double off Jordan Romano. With two outs, Starling Marte hit a line drive to center field to score Alonso, and the Mets walked off with a 4-3 win to sweep the Philadelphia Phillies.
This came after Diaz left the game with trainer Joe Golia.
With one out and the Mets down by one, Max Kranick, who had thrown more than two innings only two nights prior, walked J.T. Realmuto, and gave up a single to Alec Bohm to load the bases with one out. Kranick got two pop-ups to end the inning, with center fielder Tyrone Taylor making sure Castellanos stayed put on third base.
Credit Juan Soto for keeping the game tied. He might not have a home run at Citi Field yet, but he threw out Castellanos in the top of the eighth to make quite possibly the most clutch play of the game. Tied at 2-2 with two outs, Max Kepler hit a line drive just beyond the reach of a diving Luisangel Acuña. Soto came sprinting in from right field as Castellanos rounded third base and threw home to catcher Hayden Senger, who laid out for the tag to end the inning and keep the game tied.
Jose Alvarado retired the heart of the Mets’ order in the bottom of the inning and Diaz made quick work of the Phillies in the top of the ninth. The tension remained thick and the fans remained on their feet.
Acuña hit a two-out single off Alvarado in the bottom of the ninth and Luis Torrens pinch-hit a single to bring up Lindor, but he hit a ground ball to second base to end the inning and send the game into extra innings.
Brett Baty hit his first home run of the season to open the scoring, taking former Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler deep in the bottom of the second for a two-run shot.
Left-hander David Peterson retired the side in order in the third for his first clean inning, but then gave up two runs on four hits in the fourth. The Phillies hit Peterson, but not exactly hard. They took eight hits off of him — all singles — but went scoreless after the fourth.
The Mets didn’t allow a single extra-base hit.
Peterson and Wheeler both exited the game having given up two earned runs, but Peterson left in the sixth inning. The Mets could have used another two outs from the lefty, at minimum, or another four, ideally. The bullpen has had a heavy workload with the Mets at the end of a 13-game stretch without an off day. With the team off Thursday, there was a little flexibility, but not much.
Huascar Brazobán got the last two outs of the sixth for Peterson. He walked two and struck out two over 5 1/3 innings.
Wheeler then struck out the side in the bottom of the sixth to keep the game tied, finishing his day with two earned runs on five hits, two walks and nine strikeouts.
