QUEENS, N.Y. — All it took was one inning to salvage the New York Mets’ day and, for those who enjoy inhabiting dramatics, save the 2024 season already.
After being no-hit for seven innings in the second game of their doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers and 13 ranging back to the sixth inning of the first, Pete Alonso tied things up at one apiece to lead off the bottom of the ninth with a solo home run off reliever Alex Faedo. Three batters later, Tyrone Taylor drove in Brett Baty, who had walked, with a single to left to walk the Mets off to their first win of the season, 2-1.
“It felt good, I’m just happy to help the team win,” Taylor said of his walk-off. “Hopefully we can get on a little bit of a roll here.”
It avoided the club’s worst start since 1963, as they now sit at 1-5.
“It’s nice to get the first one, finally,” manager Carlos Mendoza said after picking up his first win as Mets skipper. “I wish it had happened earlier but that’s baseball. About to get swept there in a doubleheader without much going offensively but then that last inning: Pete with the homer, a walk, and then Taylor. It feels good.”
The Tigers won the first game 6-3.
Starting pitcher Matt Manning and reliever Tyler Holton carried a combined no-hitter into the eighth inning which was broken up when Harrison Bader led off the penultimate frame with a clean single to left.
“I think after that [hit by Bader], it gives us guys a little sense of urgency, a sense of confidence,” Taylor said. “I’m glad we came away with the win.”
It was the only tangible offense the Mets could muster for the majority of the day. Not only were they no-hit for seven full innings but they were held hitless for the final six innings of the first leg of the doubleheader after Brett Baty’s RBI single with two outs in the fifth inning of that game.
Former Met shortstop Javier Baez scored the lone run for Detroit, driving in Colton Keith in the second inning with a…
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