A dive, then an embarrassment
Francisco Lindor had the bases loaded behind him, two outs, and a lead that had already disappeared. David Hamilton lined a ball off left-hander Jefry Yan into the hole. Lindor went right, backhanded it on the dive and rolled over with the inning in his glove. Yan pounded the turf. Lindor shouted.
Then Trevor Megill picked him off first base to end the bottom of the ninth, which is roughly how the New York Mets season has gone.
They won anyway, 3-2 in 10 innings over the Milwaukee Brewers overnight in New York. Austin Warren had been handed the ninth with a 2-1 lead because the Mets were resting a couple of high-leverage arms in a bullpen they rebuilt at the deadline. William Contreras doubled to open the inning. Christian Yelich, pinch-hitting, doubled to tie it. Runners on second and third, nobody out, and Milwaukee got nothing more.
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The winning run came on a throw nobody needed to rush
Jonathan Pintaro stranded two in a hitless 10th for his second win of the year. In the bottom half Megill talked himself into trouble: one out, an intentional walk to Carson Benge, then an unintentional one to Luis Robert Jr., bases loaded.
Christopher Morel hit a grounder wide of third. Hamilton got to it and threw home. The throw sailed, Lindor scored, and the Mets had beaten the best team in baseball.
Lindor and Robert had both homered earlier in the night. Lindor’s was his 154th in a Mets uniform, tying Dave Kingman for sixth on the franchise list. Benge collected three hits for the 11th time this season, more than any other rookie in the majors. Zac Thornton allowed one run on seven hits across six innings, and Nate Lavender retired all six men he faced to stretch his career-opening scoreless streak to 9 2/3 innings.
Two teams pointed in opposite directions
Milwaukee is 81-51 and still owns the best record in the majors, but the Brewers went 2 for 14 with runners in scoring position and lost the series opener because of it. Contreras finished 3 for 4 with a walk. Kyle Harrison gave up a single run in five innings and got nothing for it. Luis Lara drove in the only Milwaukee run that came off a swing.
New York sits 60-72 and last in the division, yet the Mets are 13-6 since selling off veterans in July. Dustin May (6-8, 4.57) faces Robert Stock (0-2, 5.40) on Wednesday night.
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