Amidst all of the mistakes made by the Nationals, they still found a way to comeback from a 10-4 deficit to walk-off with a 7-run ninth inning and shock the Mets and baseball fans everywhere. You could watch an entire season of all 30-teams and never see a 9th inning comeback from six runs down. At least Juan Soto and Victor Robles were consistent players for the first 8.5 innings as their teammates seemed to all be guilty of different infractions then the bottom of the 9th inning happened as the Nationals were losing 10-4 and to start the bottom of the 9th inning, Robles started it off with a single against reliever Paul Sewald who entered for some mop-up work saving Seth Lugo from a potential 6-out save as he threw a scoreless 8th inning. The Robles single seemed like an innocent single it seemed at the time, and that was followed by a Howie Kendrick lineout which was the only out of the Nats half of the inning. With Robles on first base, Trea Turner laced an RBI double into the gap which he would have legged into a triple if it was a closer game, and he just did his part in that moment and kept the line moving and it did not stop after that as Asdrubal Cabrera singled up the middle, then an Anthony Rendon RBI single made the score 10-6 which brought in the lefty reliever (Luis Avilan) to face Juan Soto who singled on a groundball to load the bases. On another day, maybe that Soto groundball is a game-ending doubleplay ball but at this moment it found a hole.
With the tying run stepping up to the plate, the Mets manager, Mickey Callaway, brought in his ex-closer, Edwin Diaz, to face Ryan Zimmerman who pinch-hit for Matt Adams. Nothing has been automatic or easy this season for Diaz who had 5 blown saves already this season and six losses. Two pitches into his appearance, Diaz missed his spot and Zim punished the fastball and hit a gapper double to make the score 10-8 which brought up Kurt Suzuki who represented the winning run, and he smashed a 99.9 mph fastball for a 3-run walk-off homer that he pulled into Section 105 in leftfield. For the 20,000+ fans who stayed, they saw the greatest 9th inning comeback in Nationals history. The Nats had 7 hits and 7 runs in the 9th inning with only one out to win it by a final score of 11-10. Continue reading →
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