In a game that included plenty of close calls, errors, and assorted miscues, the Mets walked off the Pirates for a 4-3 win to open their series in Queens. In the end, it was Pete Alonso’s sac fly that scored Francisco Lindor to win the game in the bottom of the ninth, but here’s an attempt at describing the chaos that got the game to that point.
The Pirates opened the scoring with a routine solo home run from Ian Kiner-Falefa, whose experience in New York has already been anything but routine after he confirmed that the legendary Ralph Kiner was related to him.