Francisco Lindor’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday lifted the New York Mets to a 2-1 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox.
Tyrone Taylor started the winning rally off right-hander Steven Wilson (1-1) with a double off the glove of center fielder Luis Robert Jr. on the warning track. After Jeff McNeil was given an intentional walk, Luis Torrens singled to left to fill the bases, setting the stage for Lindor.
He lifted the first pitch to the edge of the warning track to right fielder Mike Tauchman and Taylor scored easily, presenting New York with its fifth walkoff win of the season.
Edwin Diaz (2-0) worked around a two-out walk to Chase Meidroth in the ninth for the win as the Mets earned their third straight victory.
New York tied the game in the eighth when Juan Soto lofted a sacrifice fly to left that scored pinch runner Luisangel Acuna, who replaced Francisco Alvarez after he led off with a single. Acuna reached third on Brandon Nimmo’s one-out single to right.
Soto’s sacrifice fly meant a no-decision for both starting pitchers despite good outings. Chicago right-hander Adrian Houser lasted six-plus innings, allowing three hits and no runs with one walk and six strikeouts. New York right-hander Clay Holmes permitted four hits and one run in 5 2/3 innings, walking three and fanning three.
The White Sox initiated scoring in the top of the fourth. Tauchman drew a leadoff walk and reached third via Miguel Vargas’ double to center. Andrew Benintendi cashed in Tauchman with a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left.
Houser faced just two batters over the minimum through six innings. Nimmo doubled with one out in the first, but the Mets didn’t get another runner aboard until Lindor singled to right-center with two outs in the sixth.
New York filled the bases with two outs in the seventh but came up dry when reliever Brandon Eisert slipped a called third strike past McNeil to quash the threat.
The teams combined to go 1-for-18 with runners in scoring position and each left 10 on base. The White Sox finished with four hits, the Mets seven.
–Field Level Media
