Mets Beat The Diamondbacks 6-5 In 10 Innings After Starling Marte delivers

Mets LHP David Peterson (Photo Credits to Rick Scuteri-USA Today Sports) The New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 in 10 innings tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 11-4. The offense didn't do much for the first three innings against RHP Zac Gallen, but came alive in the top of the fourth after CF Brandon Nimmo led off with a double and RF Starling Mate followed with a walk. SS Francisco Lindor then grounded into a fielder's choice, but 1B Pete Aloso came through with a RBI sngle. After a scoreless top of the fifth, Nimmo led off the top the sixth and once again came through this time with a single and Starling Marte followed with a single which advanced Nimmo to third. Lindor then hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Nimmo and Alonso followed with a RBI ground-out which scored Starling Marte. In the following inning, 2B Jeff McNeil singled with two outs and catcher James McCann broke out of his slump with a two-run homer. The bats didn't do much for the next few innings, but in the top of the tenth with McNeil on second as the ghost runner, McCann led off and grounded out to second which advanced McNeil to third. Nimmo then grounded out to SS, but Marte came though after he reached on an infield hit down the third which brought in McNeil. LHP David Peterson started out well with two scorleess innings, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the third, after he gave up a lead-off double to RF Pavin Smith and later in the inning, a RBI ground-out to LF Cooper Hummel. Peterson settled down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings. He stayed in for the bottom of the sixth and retired the first two hitters he faced and then gave up a double to 2B Ketel Marte and was then taken out. His final line was 5.2 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and 3 strikeouts. He lowered his ERA to 0.64. RHP Drew Smith followed and walked 3B Matt Davidson, but came back and struck out 1B Christian Walker to end the inning. LHP Chasen Shreve came in next in the bottom of the seventh and gave up a lead-off infield single to DH Seth Beer and two batters later, a single to Smith and a sacrifice fly to CF Daulton Varsho and was then taken out. RHP Trevor May followed and retired pinch-hiter David Peralta on a pop-up to end the inning. Maya stayed in for the bottom of the eighh and once again struggled after pitching multiple innings giving up a lead-off double to Hummel and after striking out Ketel Marte and Davidson, but then gave up a two-run homer to 1B Christian Walker. RHP Edwin Diaz came on in the bottom of the ninth to close it out and retired the first two hitters he faced, but then gave up a solo homer to Varsho on a hamging slider to tie the game. Diaz came back to strike out catcher Jose Herrera to keep the game tied and sent in to extra innings. RHP Seth Lugo followed in the bottom of the tenth and struck out the first two hitters he faced and after walking Davidson, Lugo retird Walker on a popout to second to close it out and picked up his first save. The Mets next game is tomorrow nught at the Diamondbacks at 8:10 p.m.