And in the End It All Turned Out OK

"Christian Scott wasn't helped by a Carson Benge first-inning misplay, which led to the Mets once again falling into an early 2-0 hole. But they fought back, scratching out a run on a blown double play in the second and tying the game on a Bo Bichette single in the seventh off Kyle Finnegan. That was interesting moment: The crowd was exhorting Bichette to come through, offering our beleaguered though still-standing new acquisition support, but there was an undercurrent of exasperation to the rooting: If not now, when, exactly? As it turned out, Bichette delivered - not a homer or a liner up the gap, but a little parachute, a ducksnort over the infield that had trouble written all over its modest little arc. It dropped in, so let's call it a line drive in the box score."

"And oh my did Mark Vientos ever have an eventful night. There was yet another long drive tagged for review by the BABIP gods and transformed into a loud out, an actually nifty 3-6-3 double play, and then whatever befell Vientos in the sixth, when he wound up kinda/sorta dropping the ball onto first base, which he then fell over. Vientos wound up sprawled in the grass outside the first-base line, which briefly l"

Christian Scott struggled early due to poor location and bad luck, and a first-inning misplay helped the Mets fall behind 2-0. The Mets responded by scoring in the second after a blown double play and later tied the game in the seventh on a Bo Bichette single off Kyle Finnegan. Bichette’s hit came amid tense crowd expectations and resulted in a short, dropping ball that fell in for a line-drive in the box score. Mark Vientos had a highly eventful night, including a long drive overturned on review, a sharp 3-6-3 double play, and a confusing play in the sixth involving a ball dropped near first base.

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