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Sometimes you don’t need a home run to win a game. The stage was setup perfectly for the birthday boy, Carter Kieboom, last night. One out, the winning run on third base, and all you need at a minimum is a productive out to win the game.
Kieboom whiffed on three pitches to put the scales in favor of the Mets to get out of the jam after they had already blown the save to make it a 2-2 game. It wasn’t like manager Dave Martinez had a better option on his bench with Gerardo Parra, Adrian Sanchez, and Alex Avila as his available bench players.
One of the Nats best comebacks of the season was snuffed out after a Juan Soto home run made the score 2-1 in the ninth inning followed by a Ryan Zimmerman walk, and a Riley Adams double scored the pinch-running Andrew Stevenson who trucked the Mets’ catcher at the plate to jar the ball loose and tie the game. Continue reading
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