Mets Rally To Beat Blue Jays 3-2 Led By Winker and Lindor

 

Mets DH Jesse Winker (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 tonight at Citi Field for their third consecutive win and improved their record to 5-3. 

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first seven innings struggling with men on base after they were 0-10 with runners in scoring position (RISP), but then came alive in the bottom of the eighth.

SS Francisco Lindor led off with a walk and then RF Juan Soto followed with a single.

1B Pete Alonso struck out and then LF Brandon Nimmo lined out to centerfield, but then DH Jesse Winker came with the game-tying two-run triple, his second triple of the game.

In the bottom of the ninth, CF Jose Siri walked with one out and then advanced to second on a wild pitch. 

Catcher Luis Torrens followed with a single to advance Siri to third and then SS Francisco Lindor drove in Siri with a walk-off sacrifice fly to centerfield.

RHP Griffin Canning had four scoreless innings and in the top of the fifth, then gave up back-to-back hits to LF Alan Roden and SS Bo Bichette to start the inning and was taken out.

RHP Jose Butto came in next and gave up a RBI single to 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr, but was able to escape out of a based loaded jam to keep it a one-run deficit.

Butto stayed in for the top of the sixth and gave up a RBI double to Bichette and was then taken out.

RHP Huascar Brazoban followed with 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

RHP Edwin Diaz came on in the top of the ninth and allowed two hits, but had three strikeouts to pick up his first win.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, April 7 at home against the Blue Jays at 1:40 p.m.