The Mets abandoned the thumbs-up celebration on Tuesday and replaced it with a crowded scene on the field.
After Javier Baez extended a ninth inning rally with an RBI single, Michael Conforto came out with another single that scored two runs – including Baez as the winning run – to give the Mets a spectacular victory. 6-5 in the first game of a double header at Citi Field.
Baez seemed to lose an earring in the celebration, but came a long way from getting a strong draft when he was presented as a pinch in the eighth inning.
One day that began with Baez and Francisco Lindor apologizing for the thumbs-down gesture (which Baez originally said Sunday was a way to reprimand fans who had kissed them), the Mets hadn’t given much to scarce people. to cheer, entering the ninth inning after 5-1.
Brandon Nimmo got the rally with a two-run homer to make it 5-3. Dominic Smith hit a single on the field and Pete Alonso doubled to bring Baez to the plate.
With the chants of “Javy Baez” replacing the boos, Baez hit a single on the field to the short field, getting the Mets within 5-4.
Conforto then stringed a single field to the left, scoring Alonso from the third and Baez from the first, making a turn in the game after a field error by Jorge Alfaro.