At last, relief for the Mets: New York finally gets some payback 
It took two weeks of pain and a 12-game losing streak before the Mets could see daylight again. On Wednesday night, New York finally edged the Twins 3-2. It was hardly a masterpiece, but after a run like that, nobody in Queens was about to complain. Carlos Mendoza had said the message was simple: show up ready to fight, no matter how ugly it gets. Message received.
Vientos: from villain to hero in one night
The game nearly went the wrong way because of a poor read from Mark Vientos. In the sixth inning, the young infielder ignored his third-base coach’s stop sign and tried to score on a double by Marcus Semien. The result? He was thrown out at the plate with ease. “I went with my instinct,” he said after the game. Fortunately, baseball usually gives you another shot. In the eighth, it was Vientos again, punching a single in front of the outfield to bring home Brett Baty with the winning run.
A huge relief, but not quite a clean ending
On the mound, Clay Holmes kept things under control for seven strong innings before Luke Weaver came in to finish it off. After the final out, the reliever looked up to the sky, as if thanking the baseball gods. “It’s a massive sigh of relief,” he admitted. Fair enough. But there was a sting to this one. While the team celebrated Juan Soto’s return, they lost their leader, Francisco Lindor.
The star shortstop had to leave in the fifth inning with a left calf injury. Lindor is due for an MRI on Thursday, and a stint on the injured list looks more than likely. That is the Mets in a nutshell: just when they finally crawl out of the hole, they lose the player they can least afford to lose. Still, for one night at least, the only thing that mattered was this: the win column finally moved.
Discover the rest of the sports news on our site!
Leave a Reply