Mets rally past Blue Jays thanks to late heroics by Francisco Lindor, Jesse Winker
Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.For most of Saturday night, much of the Mets lineup looked like it wanted to be anywhere but a cold and damp Citi Field against the Blue Jays, facing ex-Met Chris Bassitt.They wasted leadoff doubles in each of the first two innings and at one point saw Bassitt retire 17 of 18 batters.And then they left the bases loaded in the seventh before finally breaking through in the eighth — courtesy of Jesse Winker’s two-run triple.That set up Francisco Lindor’s game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth, as the Mets beat the Blue Jays 3-2 for their fourth win in five games after dropping two of the first three of the season in Houston.Jose Siri set up the winning rally with a one-out walk and moved to second on a wild pitch.
He got to third on Luis Torrens’ single to left and scored when Lindor smoked a liner to center on the first pitch of the at-bat.Edwin Díaz got the Mets to the bottom of the ninth tied, getting out of trouble after he gave up back-to-back singles with one out to Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.before he struck out Anthony Santander.With Andres Gimenez at the plate, Díaz threw a wild pitch to move the runners to second and third, but recovered to get Gimenez swinging.The Mets’ tying rally started in the eighth when Lindor opened with a walk and Juan Soto sent him to second with a single.Left-hander Brendon Little struck out Pete Alonso and got Brandon Nimmo to fly out to deep center to send Lindor to third with two outs.The lefty-swinging Winker, the only batter to figure out Bassitt earlier in the game, crushed a two-run triple to right to tie the game.With the go-ahead run on third, though, Mark Vientos struck out against Nick Sandlin.The win covered up other missed chances in the seventh, when they loaded the bases and pinch hitter Starling Marte grounded out.The comeback was made possib...