Mets Beat Cardinals 5-4 On Walk-off Homer By Francisco Lindor

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to AP)

The New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 tonight at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 13-7.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings and then came alive in the bottom of the fifth.

3B Brett Baty led off with a double and then CF Tyrone Taylor followed with a RBI triple.

Two batters later, RF Juan Soto came through with a RBI single to tie the game.

In the bottom of the sixth, 3B Mark Vientos homered to lead off the inning to tie the game.

In the bottom of the eighth, Vientos singled to lead off the inning and was then replaced by Luisangel Acuna as the pinch runner.

Acuna then stole second, but was thrown out trying to advance to third, but LF Brandon Nimmo got on base on a fielder's choice.

Nimmo then advanced to second after former RHP Phil Maton made a throwing error on a pick-off and then catcher Luis Torrens delivered a RBI double.

In the bottom of the ninth, SS Francisco Lindor led off and hit a towering walk off homer to the upper deck for the first walk-off homer of his Met career and 250th career homer.

LHP David Peterson did not have his best stuff allowing three runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings.

Peterson gave up 0 walks and nine strikeouts.

RHP Max Kranick followed with 1.2 scoreless innings.

RHP Ryne Stanek came in next and threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Huascar Brazoban came on in the top of the ninth and gave up a game-tying lead-off homer to 2B Brendan Donovan, but then came back to strike out the next three hitters he faced to pick up his first win.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, April 19 at home against the Cardinals at 4:05 p.m.