You take the lead off an opposing pitcher before he even throws a pitch. The Mets somehow did that Tuesday night, the culmination of several unlikely events.
From my vantage point up in 423, what happened next was ... well, it was confusing. There were umpires running around and Jeff McNeil was conversing intensely with Henry Davis and then Alonso was happily trotting home and Hernandez hadn't thrown a pitch yet the Mets had taken the lead.
I secured a pretty good StubHub ticket for a whopping $13.61 (that's with fees), got to Citi Field early and amused myself strolling around before finding my way to my seat, where I was soon happy Emily wasn't
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