Apr 7, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) reacts during the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
QUEENS, NY — Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said that Ronny Mauricio had to be ready at any time, despite being told that his playing time would be limited upon his call-up from Triple-A on Monday.
He didn’t have to wait too long to get a chance, and to play the hero, as the reserve infielder walked the Mets off to a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks with a game-winning pinch-hit single to the right-field warning track off Paul Sewald, to cap off a late comeback and lift New York (7-4) to a third straight win.
The Mets drew level at three apiece in the bottom of the eighth inning after Jared Young’s pinch-hit sacrifice fly off former Yankees reliever Jonathan Loaisiga, who yielded singles to Jorge Polanco and Brett Baty.
Heavy winds blowing in from left field might have kept Young’s high drive in the yard, as the ball left his bat at 106.3 mph.
Diamondbacks center fielder Jorge Barossa was key in forcing extra innings when he made a sliding catch on a Carson Benge deep fly into the right-center-field gap that would have surely been extra bases to lead off the ninth.
In what will be the first of an undoubted many instances, the Mets were burned by Major League Baseball’s ABS challenge system, as a key overturned forced them to play catch-up in the latter innings.
Nursing a 2-0 lead with two outs in the fifth, reliever Huascar Brazoban appeared to get out of a bases-loaded jam when he got Adrian Del Castillo looking at a 1-2 changeup on the outside corner. Arizona challenged the call, and the ABS system deemed that the pitch was 0.3 inches outside, giving Del Castillo another life.
On the very next pitch, he laced a changeup into right field for a game-tying, two-run single. Nolan Arenado followed with a bloop double to score the go-ahead run to put the Diamondbacks up 3-2.
All three runs were charged to starting pitcher Freddy Peralta, who got the first two outs of the fifth, then allowed a single to Corbin Carroll before walking Geraldo Perdomo.
At 97 pitches, manager Carlos Mendoza hit the top step to take him out, but Peralta told the skipper to stay in the dugout, which he did. He got ahead 1-2 on Gabriel Moreno, then hit him with a curveball in what was his final pitch of the afternoon.
The Mets loaded the bases with three lead-off singles in the first inning against Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen, but could only muster one run behind a Brett Baty sacrifice fly. They added a second on Francisco Lindor’s double, which coaxed a throwing error from Corbin Carroll that allowed Francisco Alvarez to score.
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