
Jesse Winker’s walk-off homer punctuates Mets massive win over Orioles
NY Post
Even if he doesn’t quite remember the moment, Jesse Winker might remember the emotion — the electric currents running through his body as he declined, for several seconds, to round the bases.
He watched the ball sail over the center-field wall, halted and stared into a home dugout that had collectively leapt.
He unleashed a fist pump that more resembled a left hook. He ripped off his helmet and spiked it.
Finally, he began jogging around the bases until a welcome line greeted him around home plate. His high five with Francisco Lindor was almost violent.
Next came Jose Iglesias, whose right hand might still be ringing. After a few more slapped hands, he leapt and landed on the plate in a moment that — if this season goes anywhere — could live for a long time in Mets memory, even if it is gone from Winker’s.
“I saw it go over the fence,” Winker said later, “and I blacked out.”

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












