Nothing broke until the ninth. Zach Thornton had held Boston to two hits over seven scoreless innings, Francisco Lindor had given the Mets a 2-0 lead, and Citi Field looked ready to close the book on a quiet Sunday win. Then the Red Sox took it away, and then took one more in extras.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| NYM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Thornton's night was the kind that deserves a better outcome. He allowed just 2 hits, walked 2, and struck out 5 over 7.0 innings without surrendering a run on 82 pitches, carrying a 2.60 ERA into the outing. The Mets' bullpen could not hold what he built.
Lindor had been the story through six. He drove in A.J. Ewing with a double in the first to put New York ahead, then added a solo home run to left center — 377 feet — in the sixth to make it 2-0. He finished 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, accounting for both Mets runs.
The Ninth and Beyond
Boston's comeback began with Rafaela scoring on a walk by Monasterio to cut the deficit to one. Duran then singled to right, and Cheng scored to tie it at 2-2. The Mets had been six outs from a win; suddenly they were headed to extras. In the tenth, Masataka Yoshida scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Anthony Seigler, giving Boston the lead for good. Aroldis Chapman earned his first win of the season with a scoreless ninth, and Garrett Whitlock closed it out in the tenth for his second save. Brooks Raley took the loss, falling to 4-4.
Boston improved to 46-48, extending their winning streak to nine games. New York fell to 40-57, their third straight loss. Garrett Whitlock is one game away from 200 career appearances.