In the resumption of a game suspended by rain April 11, the Mets scored five runs in the final inning and won it when Báez scored following a Marlins error.
NEW YORK (AP) — Javier Báez sprinted home from first for the game-ending run on Michael Conforto’s single, earning cheers from a fanbase he insulted days earlier in the New York Mets’ 6-5 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. In the resumption of a game suspended by rain April 11, the Mets scored five runs in the final inning and won it when Báez scored following a Marlins error. Báez was booed when he entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning, hours after apologizing for revealing Sunday that a thumbs-down celebration gesture used recently by the team was dig at fans who have been booing the struggling club recently. “Winning’s all we want — all the fans want, we’re all pulling (in) the same direction here,” Conforto said. “I don’t know what one game does. But I can tell you that the guys wanted to win this one about as badly as any other game we’ve played. Fans chanted Báez’s name when he came up again in the ninth with two on, two out and New York trailing 5-3. He beat out an infield single to make it 5-4, drawing an ovation from the sparse afternoon crowd. Conforto then grounded a single down the third-base line off Dylan Floro (5-5). Báez bolted from first to home when left fielder Jorge Alfaro bobbled the ball. Plate umpire Tim Timmons initially signaled that catcher Alex Jackson had tagged out Báez as he dived across the plate, but then he saw the ball squirt loose and signaled safe instead. “This is a guy that can beat you in so many ways,” Mets manager Luis Rojas said. “Defense, with his bat, hitting a homer and the speed, which is what played today.” New York’s rally started with a one-out walk by Chance Sisco and a two-run homer by Brandon Nimmo. “Incredible final inning by the guys,” Conforto said.
