the newly named All-Star<\/a>, Mendoza asked him about hitting second.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cWhatever it takes to win,\u201d said Lindor, whose club won largely because it did what no one else has done against Misiorowski: Connect bat with ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets reacts after he hits an RBI double during the eighth inning. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
The rookie righty, whose fastball touched 102 mph, had given up three total hits in his first three starts in which he posted a 1.13 ERA.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His fourth career start unraveled with a two-out rally in the second inning, which came with some suspect defense behind him. Brett Baty and Ronny Mauricio walked before Hayden Senger hit a chopper up the middle that deflected off Misiorowski\u2019s glove and toward second base. Brice Turang was waiting there for the ball with his foot on the bag, but he fumbled the scoop that allowed the inning to continue with the bases loaded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next pitch was a 95.7 mph slider that Nimmo cracked into the right field seats, the announced and desperate crowd of 41,123 erupting as if the Mets had just clinched the pennant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been missing that big one there,\u201d Mendoza said of a team that has significantly struggled with runners on base.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA big momentum shift, especially against him,\u201d Nimmo said of Misiorowski, whose velocity he compared with Jacob deGrom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edwin D\u00edaz of the New York Mets walks off the mound after ending the eighth inning. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
Lindor \u2014 who looked just fine in the No. 2 hole \u2014 then smacked a towering homer to right-center for a fifth run in the inning. The Mets had totaled five runs in their previous three games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lindor, who entered the nightcap mired in a 2-for-29 slump, added an RBI single in the sixth and an RBI double in the eighth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The offensive damage inflicted, the Mets \u2014 who had watched Reed Garrett implode in the afternoon \u2014 pieced together nine innings using an opener in Huascar Brazob\u00e1n, strong work from Tidwell and four additional relievers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brandon Nimmo, Tyrone Taylor and Juan Soto celebrate the Mets\u2019 win over the Brewers. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
Dedniel N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Richard Lovelady were effective before Ryne Stanek allowed the two to reach in the eighth. Edwin D\u00edaz entered with two outs and the tying run at the plate and struck out Jake Bauers before recording his 17th save and first with a brand-new top of the order.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAwesome,\u201d Nimmo said of hitting second. \u201cWhatever helps us win, that\u2019s what I\u2019m down for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After yet another dud that further dizzied the spiraling Mets, Clay Holmes expressed confidence the club would snap…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,7599,3689,4247,1266,405,403,1305,5226,5225,5228,5227,3687,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-34657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brandon-nimmo","10":"tag-francisco-lindor","11":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-mets","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-pete-alonso","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114788012136467148","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}