By the time Mets outfielder Keon Broxton came to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning on Saturday afternoon, his team had hit five home runs, blown a two-run lead and rallied to tie it again at Citi Field. His lone contribution had been drawing a walk, and he had also been caught stealing. His teammate Robinson Cano, who had just stroked a home run to right field, shouted: “Go to right field! Go to right field!”Broxton obliged, staying inside a 2-2 splitter that stayed up in the zone and driving it to right-center field. In came Michael Conforto from second to score the go-ahead run in the Mets’ 6-5 victory over the Washington Nationals.

Source: New York Times April 06, 2019 21:21 UTC