Mets Mil-walk-it-off in 10

Mets 3 Brewers 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY)

Mets record: 60-72

Mets streak: Won 1

WP - Jonathan Pintaro (2-0)

LP - Trevor Megill (2-3)

Seat on the Korner: Francisco Lindor

We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets.

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Tonight's Seat on the Korner goes to Francisco Lindor, who was involved in some of the games biggest moments. In all, Lindor went 2-4 with a single and a home run, and 2 runs scored. His 5th inning solo home run tied the game at 1, and he was the ghost runner in the 10th who ended up scoring the winning run. And it was Lindor's diving catch to end the 9th that saved the game and gave the Mets the chance to walk it off.

Need to Know

• Tonight's game was the first of a 6-game homestand for the Mets (3 vs. Milwaukee, 3 vs. Houston)

• The Mets .684 winning percentage (13-6 record) since 8/4 is amongst the tops in all of baseball.

• Lindor's home run was the 154th of his Mets career, tying him with Dave Kingman for 6th on the Mets all-time list.

• Luis Robert Jr. went 2-4 with a solo home run (his 10th on the season) and a single. Over his last 4 games he is batting .375 (6-16) with 4 HRs, a double, 5 RBIs, 5 runs scored, and 2 walks.

• The Mets have now hit 33 home runs in August, second-most in the National League (the Cubs have 43 this month).

• The Mets are now 1 game behind the Washington Nationals for 4th place in the NL East.

• New York has now won 6 of their last 7 games at Citi Field, and are now 31-36 at home this season.

• In 35 games since the All-Star break, Lindor has 8 home runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 19 walks, 20 runs scored, and 21 RBIs.

Turning Point

There's a general notion in modern baseball that, due to the extra-inning ghost runner rule, visiting teams should really look to score multiple runs when they bat in the extra frame. So when the Mets were able to keep the Brewers scoreless, it looked like a prime opportunity to win this game. This idea was amplified by having Francisco Lindor as the ghost runner in the bottom of the 10th. Of course, best laid plans being what they are, a Bo Bichette fly out to open things up the threatened to kill the anticipated rally and whatever hopes came with it. Carson Benge was then walked intentionally, which was something of a show of respect, and more of a show of strategy, as the Brewers were looking for Luis Robert Jr to ground into a double-play. Instead, LRJ worked out a walk to load the bases for one of the newest Mets, Christopher Morel. On an 0-2 count, Morel pounded a ball to the Milwaukee third baseman, David Hamilton, who gloved it but rushed the throw home, and threw the ball (and the game) away.

Three Keys

9 to 5

Zac Thornton turned in another solid, workman-like, performance on the mound in Tuesday's game. The rookie lefty earned a quality start with 6 innings of 1-run ball on 7 hits with 4 Ks. Despite allowing the leadoff runner to get on base in 4 of his 6 innings, Thornton was able to induce a couple key double plays and hold the Brewers to 1-7 with RISP during those innings. Thornton has now made 10 career starts and is 3-4 with a 2.88 ERA.

Heartbreak Express

Mets current high leverage relievers, Kodai Senga and Daniel Duarte were both unavailable on Tuesday night, which pushed Mets manager Andry Green to turn to Austin Warren to close out the game.

Looking to send the Citi Field faithful home happy with a 2-1 win, Warren instead gave up a leadoff double to William Contreras, then walked pinch-hitter Jake Bauers, and followed that up by yielding a game-tying double to pinch-hitter Christian Yelich. All was not lost, however, and Warren was able to strike out Luis Lara with second and third and no outs. Lara was the last batter Warren would face, but he created just enough breathing room to let Jefry Yan get out of the 9th with the game still tied. Barely.

Shine On

With barely a month left in the season, Carson Benge keeps doing what he can to stay part of the NL Rookie of the Year conversation. Tonight he went 3-4 with 3 singles and a walk, pushing his batting average up to .282 and his OPS to .773. While those are good numbers on their own, it's even more impressive when considering Benge was batting .189 with a .525 OPS after his first 28 games. Since then (May 1st), Benge has hit .303 with 32 extra-base hits (15 doubles, 3 triples, and 14 HRs) and 47 RBIs. Over his last 5 games, Benge is batting .524, with 2 HR, a double, 4 RBI, 5 runs scored, and a stolen base.