2024-04-29 01:14:57
Mark Vientos has the New York Mets A big boost on Sunday when he hit a walk-off home run in extra innings against the St Louis Cardinals Sunday at Citi Field.
It was Vientos’ second game this season with the Mets, as he went 1-for-2 on Saturday.
He had two hits in two at-bats on Sunday, with that second hit setting off a wild celebration on the home field.
Vientos entered the game as a pinch hitter for Brett Baty and in his first at-bat in the ninth, he singled but was stranded on base.
In the 11th inning, things worked out differently. The Cardinals scored a run in the top half of the inning to take a 2-1 lead. After Harrison Bader walked DJ Stewart to tie the game at two, Vientos came up.
He was a high singer from the St. Louis reliever Matthew Liberatore blasted for the first walk-off home run of his career.
As he jogged around the bases, he could barely contain the emotion.
“To be honest with you, I feel like it’s almost a déjà vu moment,” Vientos said MLB.com. “I feel like I’ve lived that moment over and over again in my head. It was just like, let it go, let all the energy out.”
The Mets called up Vientos on Saturday as part of a flurry of moves before Saturday’s game with St. Louis. Louis, including moving outfielder Starling Marte to the bereavement list,
Vientos’ bat has struggled in the Majors since being called up from Triple-A Syracuse in late 2022. In 16 games that season, he batted .167.
He played in 65 games last season and batted .211 with nine home runs and 22 RBI.
He was the Mets’ second-round pick in 2017 out of American Heritage High School in Plantation, Fla.
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