Mets pull off walk‑off
The New York Mets also secured a walk‑off win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, part of a stretch of late finishes that have made MLB’s early weeks especially dramatic. Those kinds of comebacks — Mets, Padres, Yankees among them — are driving a lot of the league conversation right now. (x.com) (x.com)
The Mets looked beaten on April 7 when Arizona carried a 3-2 lead into the eighth inning at Citi Field, and then Ronny Mauricio ended it in the 10th with a pinch-hit single in his first major league plate appearance of 2026 for a 4-3 win. (espn.com) Mauricio had been called up from Triple-A Syracuse one day earlier after Juan Soto went on the injured list, so the winning swing came from a player who was in the minors at the start of the week. (espn.com) The hit itself was simple and brutal: an 0-2 pitch from Paul Sewald went over Corbin Carroll’s head in right field, and Francisco Lindor scored from third as Mauricio threw off his helmet and ran toward center field. (espn.com) That finish only happened because New York stayed alive in the eighth, when Jared Young tied the game at 3-3 with a sacrifice fly after Arizona had erased a 2-0 deficit with a three-run fifth inning. (espn.com) The game had the shape of April baseball in 2026: cold weather, weird timing, and thin margins. First pitch was moved up by three hours because of the forecast, and the temperature was 50 degrees when the game started. (espn.com) It also fit a pattern the Mets had already built at home. That April 7 win was their third straight extra-inning game at Citi Field after an 11-inning win over Pittsburgh on March 28 and a 10-inning loss the next day. (espn.com) Around the league, San Diego added another example on April 9 when Xander Bogaerts hit a walk-off grand slam in the 12th inning to beat Colorado 7-3, giving the Padres a finish that was even louder than New York’s. (espn.com) (sportsnet.ca) Those endings feel bigger right now because the standings are still tight. As of early April 10, the Mets were 7-6 in the National League East, while Arizona and San Diego were both 7-6 in the National League West. (mlb.com) So one swing from Mauricio did two jobs at once: it gave the Mets a win in a 10-inning game, and it dropped another clip into a season that has already turned late innings into nightly theater. (espn.com) (mlb.com)
