Pinch-hitter Jesse Winker led off the ninth inning with his first home run for the New York Mets, giving them another rousing 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.
drove in a run with a grounder to help the Mets take two of three in the series. New York began the day 2 1/2 games behind Atlanta for the final National League playoff berth, with the Braves scheduled to host Philadelphia later.
Following a 5-4 homestand, the Mets begin a pivotal 10-game trip Thursday night with the first of four at San Diego. Edwin Díaz struck out two in a perfect inning for his second win of the series. The first came Monday night, whenAcquired from Washington in a July 28 trade, Winker fought back from 0-2 and drove a 98 mph full-count fastball the other way to left-center for his second walk-off homer in the majors.A pumped-up Winker fired his helmet to the ground and stopped to flex in the direction of the New York dugout before beginning his trot around the bases.
The left-hander has lasted seven innings in four of his past five starts, though this was the first time all season he worked into the eighth. He received a standing ovation from the crowd of 32,871 on a beautiful afternoon in Queens and blew a kiss as he approached the dugout. Jose Buttó walked his first two batters in relief of Manaea, loading the bases with none out, but limited the damage to Rutschman’s sacrifice fly.remains in the concussion protocol but is doing baseball activities and feeling better, manager Brandon Hyde said. ...
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