Patrick Mazeika’s magic returns as Mets beat Mariners

Nearly precisely a 12 months later, the Patrick Mazeika magic is again. 

Not like final Might, when he hit a pair of walk-off fielder’s decisions in a five-day span, Mazeika’s game-winning hit for the Mets on Saturday evening left the infield — and in an enormous manner. 

Simply after the Mets’ bullpen blew a three-run lead, the lately called-up catcher crushed a go-ahead residence run within the seventh inning to safe a 5-4 win over the Mariners in entrance of a buzzing crowd of 37,140 at Citi Discipline. 

Famous Queens villain Jesse Winker had tied the rating 4-4 within the prime of the seventh with a three-run homer off Chasen Shreve, however Mazeika shortly gave the Mets their lead again. He turned on a 97-mph fastball from Andres Muñoz and slugged a 370-foot blast that minimize by means of the fog to land within the right-field seats. 

Mazeika, who joined the Mets on Friday from Triple-A after James McCann landed on the injured listing, had a troublesome evening behind the plate as he struggled to get on the identical web page with starter Chris Bassitt. However he made up for it with one large swing. 

Adam Ottavino then stranded a runner on third base within the eighth inning earlier than Edwin Diaz struck out the aspect within the ninth towards his former workforce — ending the sport by placing out Winker swinging. 

After rain delayed the beginning of the sport by one hour and eight minutes, Bassitt wasn’t at his sharpest. He labored round visitors for many of his outing, nevertheless, to restrict the Mariners to only one run throughout 5 ²/₃ innings. 

Seth Lugo relieved Bassitt within the sixth and bought him out of a jam, however then created one other within the seventh inning, permitting a pair of one-out singles. 

Shreve got here on to face Winker, who has been booed all collection. Winker made himself much more hated, crushing a three-run homer that tied the rating at 4-4. After he crossed residence plate, Winker leaned into the villain function — which dates to 2019 when the previous Crimson chirped forwards and backwards with the followers in left area — by waving on the crowd that was booing again at him. 

However Mazeika gave the Mets the final snigger. 

Starling Marte additionally had a robust evening to energy the Mets’ offense, going 3-for-4 with three runs and a stolen base, falling a house run wanting the cycle. 

Mariners right-hander George Kirby, a Rye, N.Y., native who was making his second profession MLB begin after getting known as up final weekend, had an audible cheering part of household and associates in attendance. Whereas the right-hander didn’t get a lot assist from his fielders, the Mets additionally compelled him to throw 89 pitches to get by means of 4 innings. Kirby scattered three hits and a stroll and gave up three runs, although just one was earned. 

The Mets gained a pair of challenges within the first inning: one confirming that Bassitt had picked off Eugenio Suarez at second base with the bases loaded to finish the body and one other that Marte had safely dived into third base with a triple. 

Marte then scored on Francisco Lindor’s single by means of a drawn-in infield, placing the Mets up 1-0. 

Lindor drove in one other run within the third inning when he hit a sacrifice fly to attain Brandon Nimmo for the 2-0 lead. Nimmo had reached on an error and raced to 3rd on a double by Marte that popped out of the glove of a diving Julio Rodriguez in left-center area. 

One batter later, Jeff McNeil roped one other sacrifice fly to proper area to make it 3-0. 

Pete Alonso bought in on the offensive assault within the fifth inning, drilling a double to left area to attain Marte and push the Mets’ result in 4-0.