Mets waste young stars’ homer heroics in wild loss to Padres that snaps win streak
NY Post
SAN DIEGO — The Mets fought.
Against the Padres. With home-plate umpire Emil Jimenez, repeatedly. And right until their final swing.
But a particularly wild night of California baseball ended with pitching and fielding mishaps overshadowing the Mets’ pugnacity in a walk-off, 7-6, series-opening loss at a loud and sold-out Petco Park on Monday.
Frankie Montas and Huascar Brazobán imploded to flush a four-run lead in the fifth inning. Ronny Mauricio launched a game-tying homer that forced the Padres to take their turn at bat in the ninth inning, which is when the most dramatic moments of a dramatic night unfolded.
Against new Met Gregory Soto, Xander Bogaerts singled. A pinch-hitting Jose Iglesias — yep, that Jose Iglesias — laid down a bunt, which Soto fielded and threw to second base for the force out, but his wild throw pulled Francisco Lindor off the bag.
Soto retired two straight Padres batters before Elias Diaz drilled a single into left-center, driving in Iglesias for the game-winning run.
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.
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