It was chilly. It was darkish. It was miserable.
It felt identical to October.
Going through the Dodgers for the primary time since falling in final 12 months’s NLCS, the Mets made a dramatic ninth-inning comeback, then squandered a number of walk-off alternatives earlier than struggling a deflating, 13-inning, rain-interrupted return bout towards the defending champs, 7-5, Friday evening at Citi Discipline.
The Mets (30-21), who’ve misplaced six of their previous eight video games, had recorded simply three hits getting into the ninth, and trailed by three, when Jeff McNeil impressed hope, hitting a two-run triple.
Tyrone Taylor adopted with a game-tying single off Dodgers nearer Tanner Scott, however Luisangel Acuña struck out with the profitable run on third, sending the sport to extras.
Juan Soto went 0-for-5, with a stroll — listening to a smattering of boos, as his common dipped to .236 — and didn’t capitalize on a walk-off alternative within the tenth, earlier than Pete Alonso — who didn’t homer for the fifteenth straight sport, matching the longest drought of his profession — ended the inning with a deep fly to heart.
Acuña opened his Eleventh-inning at-bat with three balls, and the bases loaded, however prolonged the sport with a groundout. With runners on the corners, Luis Torrens hit into an inning-ending double play within the twelfth.
“We didn’t get the last one,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned. “We had traffic and we kept putting the ball on the ground. They executed pitches and we didn’t make adjustments.”
Following two scoreless innings by Reed Garrett, Mendoza turned to Huascar Brazobán, who opened the thirteenth by permitting a run-scoring double to Teoscar Hernández, then a sacrifice fly to Andy Pages.
Francisco Alvarez, who went hitless and has simply two hits in his previous 25 at-bats, ended the sport by making his fifth and remaining out at 12:56 a.m.
“We played hard, we played tough, we had plenty of chances to win it there,” McNeil mentioned. “We didn’t get it done. It’s tough.”
When the 98-minute rain delay ended — and the Knicks sport was pulled from the jumbotron — starter Griffin Canning was left behind, changed by Max Kranick, who loaded the bases within the third inning, then surrendered the sport’s first run on an infield single by Will Smith.
Hernández adopted with a tough hit ball previous Brett Baty, placing the Dodgers up 3-0.
Canning was held accountable, credited with permitting three runs, together with 4 walks and one hit in 2 ²/₃ innings.
Baty put the Mets on the board within the backside of the third, hitting his sixth house run of the season.
He has now hit 5 house runs in his previous 12 video games.
The Mets reduce the deficit to 1 within the fourth inning, opened with a bunt hit by Starling Marte, who superior to second on a throwing error.
After reaching third, Marte appeared to finish the inning by getting thrown out at house after tagging up, just for third base umpire Tripp Gibson to rule that Max Muncy dedicated obstruction by blocking Marte’s view of the catch, awarding the Mets the run.
Dodgers’ win over the Mets. IMAGN IMAGES by way of Reuters Join
Within the fifth, Muncy doubled the Dodgers’ lead by ripping a single to left, and Pages adopted with one other run-scoring single, giving L.A. a three-run lead, because the guests puffed out their chests with “Let’s go Dodgers” chants, filling the brisk air.
The Mets fought again, inspiring via the unbelievable, finally arising simply quick.
It felt identical to October.
