Here’s what is turning into clear concerning the 2025 Mets: They won’t surrender.
The Mets had been down 2-0 after 4 innings and 3-2 after 5 and a half earlier than serving up a painful, game-tying residence run within the prime of the ninth.
So they simply mounted yet another comeback.
Francisco Lindor demolished a walk-off residence run, the third of his profession and his first with the Mets, to carry the Mets to an entertaining, 5-4 win over the Cardinals in entrance of 39,627 loud followers at Citi Subject who loved hotter climate, crisper play and a never-say-die perspective.
The Mets (13-7) have taken the primary two video games of a four-game set because of their unofficial captain, largely wonderful reduction work and bats that stored coming again.
They didn’t lead Friday till there was one out within the backside of the eighth, once they confronted former Met Phil Maton.
Mark Vientos singled and exited for pinch-runner Luisangel Acuña, who stole second.
Nimmo hit a grounder to Gold Glover Nolan Arenado at third, and Acuna determined to check Arenado’s legs: Acuña sprinted and angled away from Arenado, and Arenado tried to chop him off.
Each dove, and Arenado appeared to overlook the tag — however Acuna overslid the bottom, and Arenado’s second lunge apparently tagged Acuña earlier than he returned to the bottom.
The Mets challenged, however the name stood.
What appeared to be a crushing play was not: Maton tried a pickoff and bounced the ball into foul territory, permitting Nimmo to take second, earlier than Luis Torrens ripped a double down the third-base line for an RBI that gave the Mets a lead that didn’t final.
