Mets Manager Mickey Callaway turned to his players in the middle of the ninth inning and in a fun tone reminded them of the stark reality: The Mets had not won consecutive games in a month. “It kind of got everybody riled up a little bit,” Devin Mesoraco said. “It was a pretty cool thing to do in the situation.”Six minutes later, his players were celebrating. Mesoraco hit a tying, two-run homer through Citi Field’s murky fog in the eighth inning, Wilmer Flores sparked the celebration with a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth and the Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-4, Saturday night to win consecutive games for the first time since April 11 and 13. “Those things can turn around seasons,” said Brandon Nimmo, who led off the ninth with a double off the right-field wall on an 0-2 slider from Andrew Chafin.

Source: New York Times May 20, 2018 06:33 UTC