May 18, 2023

Amazin’ Comebacks

The Mets used two last-minute, three-run homers to beat the Rays 8-7 in ten innings Wednesday night.

The rookies gave the Mets a chance, and their leader took them home.

Mark Vientos — making his season debut — drilled a game-tying home run in the seventh. Francisco Alvarez crushed a three-run, game-tying home run in the ninth.

And in the 10th, with the Mets down two, it was Pete Alonso’s turn.

Alonso crushed his fourth-career walk-off home run in a wild, 10-inning, 8-7 win over the Rays at Citi Field on Wednesday night in a game that felt as if it included 2022 magic.

“Three homers to end it,” Kodai Senga, who was excellent through six, one-run innings, said through a translator, “is something from a movie.”

NYPost.com

The Rays led 1-0 after six innings, then the offenses took off. The Tampa Bay bullpen came into the game with a .213/.304/.350 opponents slash line. The Mets went five for 18 with three home runs, a walk, and two hit batters to win the game in dramatic fashion.

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