After beginning the season in Triple-A, DJ Stewart by no means thought he would hear Citi Field followers chanting his title. But a pair of homers, a troublesome catch and a walk-off RBI had the Queens devoted doing precisely that within the Mets’ win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday evening.
The Mets blew an early three-run lead and went down 5-3 earlier than Stewart belted his second residence run of the sport to tie it up at 5-5 within the backside of the eighth inning off right-hander Jose Leclerc. It was his second multi-homer recreation of the season and the third of his profession. The Mets walked it off within the tenth on the least dramatic play involving the outfielder. Aroldis Chapman hit him with the bases loaded, salvaging a collection with a 6-5 win.
It was Stewart’s first profession walk-off RBI.
“It was a heck of a game and just an unbelievable feeling being able to do it all for the team,” Stewart stated.
This got here after a bullpen blowup within the prime of the inning. The margin for error was skinny, with the Mets making an attempt to guard a 3-2 lead. They went to their high-leverage relievers, however the workforce couldn’t get it completed.
Left-hander Brooks Raley loaded the bases with no outs and the Mets changed him with right-hander Adam Ottavino. He hit Adolis Garcia with a pitch to herald a run and tie the sport.
A double play acquired Ottavino shut, however he couldn’t get throughout the end line. A two-run single by one-time Mets outfielder Travis Jankowski tied the sport. All three runs had been charged to Raley.
“It’s been a challenge,” supervisor Buck Showalter stated of the bullpen. “But this is that time of the year. I like the fact that they didn’t let the innings get completely away from them. I know it didn’t look esthetically pleasing sometimes, but we kept staying engaged in the game and gave our guys a chance.”
But then got here Stewart’s huge blast and an enormous catch from the reserve outfielder within the ninth. With Jeff Brigham making his first look within the main leagues since July 2, Marcus Semien got here inside inches of a two-run blast. Stewart made a catch on the wall to bail out Brigham and maintain the sport tied. He coated 90 toes in 5.5 seconds to rob Semien of the go-ahead shot.
“He hit it well — I knew he hit it well,” Stewart stated. “He hit one in the first game down the line to me that kind of took off. I knew it was going to be tough but I didn’t know I was going to get to the wall like that but I was fortunate to make the play for the team.”
Fans chanted his title to salute a stable evening. Brigham (1-2) acquired out of the inning unscathed.
The righty flirted with fireplace as soon as once more within the tenth when he loaded the bases with one out, however Pete Alonso charged a gradual curler down the primary final analysis to show a 3-2-4 double play.
Denyi Reyes, the right-hander referred to as up from Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday with a purpose to give Kodai Senga two additional days of relaxation, went 5 1/3 innings. He allowed two earned runs earlier than handing a lead over to the bullpen, strolling none and hanging out three.
“I was able to locate the pitches the way that we planned in that meeting with the catcher,” Reyes stated via translator Alan Suriel. “I was able to do that today.”
The Mets (61-73) acquired to Texas (75-58) within the third, tagging right-hander Dane Dunning for 3 earned runs. Daniel Vogelbach led off with a house run and Stewart adopted along with his first of the evening. It was the thirteenth of the season for Vogelbach and his sixth within the month of August. Stewart, who’s auditioning for a bench function subsequent season, be it with the Mets or with one other workforce, has 10 since he was referred to as up from Triple-A on July 4.
There isn’t a lot on the road for the Mets proper now, however they relegated the Rangers to 3rd place within the AL West with the win. If spoilsport is all they’ve, the Mets will embrace it.
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