Mets avoid no-hit ignominy thanks to ninth-inning outburst in key win over Blue Jays
NY Post
TORONTO — The Mets went the first 110 pitches they saw without getting a hit Wednesday and then received a huge one from their MVP, if not the National League’s.
Francisco Lindor led off the ninth inning with a shot that rocketed over the right-field fence at Rogers Centre, and the Mets were alive.
Bowden Francis’ no-hit dalliance was finished and the game was tied, but there was one last piece of business for the Mets to complete.
The Mets handled it with a rally, scoring the go-ahead run on Pete Alonso’s sacrifice fly before piling on for a 6-2 victory in the series rubber game.
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