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Walker-off: Neil winner ends Mets’ skid in 11
- Updated: August 14, 2016
NEW YORK — In desperate need of a win, the Mets got one in dramatic fashion on Saturday thanks to Wilmer Flores, who plated Neil Walker with the winning run in the 11th inning to give New York a 3-2 victory over the Padres at Citi Field.
The victory snapped a season high-tying four-game losing streak for the Mets.
Walker led off the 11th inning with a single and advanced to third two batters later on a bloop single by James Loney. With the infield in, Flores chopped a ground ball to second baseman Ryan Schimpf, whose throw home sailed wide as Walker slid across the plate.
Behind a dominant outing from Jacob deGrom, the Mets held a 1-0 lead for most of the night until the right-hander served up a solo home run to Yangervis Solarte in the seventh. The Mets put themselves back on top in the next half inning with a hard-hit sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Kelly Johnson off San Diego reliever Jose Dominguez, setting up their reliable eighth and ninth inning combination of Addison Reed and Jeurys Familia.
Reed did his part, Familia did not. Looking for his 40th save of the season, Familia instead allowed a bellowing home run to Wil Myers that traveled 428 feet according to Statcast™. It marked the second time this season Myers has brought the Padres back from the …
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