Ronny Mauricio delivered a walk-off single in the 10th inning to give the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citi Field. The game featured a dramatic fifth-inning rally by Arizona after an overturned strike call and a late tying run by New York in the eighth. Mets starter Freddy Peralta kept Arizona scoreless for over four innings before inefficiency led to three runs charged to him.
The Mets jumped ahead 2-0 with rallies in the first and second innings against Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen. Freddy Peralta held Arizona scoreless through four innings but required 101 pitches, including extra ones after a fielding error by Francisco Lindor in the second. In the fifth, with two outs, Arizona loaded the bases on a hit, walk, and hit batsman, prompting manager Carlos Mendoza to remove Peralta. Reliever Huascar Brazobán then faced catcher Adrian Del Castillo, who was initially called out on strikes by umpire Brian O'Nora, but the call was overturned after a successful ABS challenge showing the pitch missed the inside corner. Del Castillo followed with a two-run single to tie the score at 2-2, and Nolan Arenado's bloop double scored Gabriel Moreno for a 3-2 Arizona lead, all three runs charged to Peralta, marking his first loss with the Mets until New York's comeback. The Mets evened it in the eighth when Jorge Polanco led off with a single, Brett Baty singled past shortstop Geraldo Perdomo, and Jared Young, pinch-hitting for Mark Vientos, hit a sacrifice fly. Pinch-hitter Ronny Mauricio, filling in for injured outfielder Juan Soto on his first day back in the majors, then laced a single to deep right in the 10th with the winning run on base and one out, falling behind 0-2 before his first career walk-off hit. The win improved the Mets to 2-2 when trailing after seven innings this season, after going 6-69 in such spots last year, and 2-2 in extra innings through their first 11 games.
