The New York Mets sent fans in Milwaukee and back home in the Big Apple wild after pulling off a miracle 4-2 comeback win in a decisive third game of a National League wild-card series Thursday night.
Pete Alonso hit a clutch three-run homer in the ninth inning to overturn a two-run deficit and clinch the series win over the Milwaukee Brewers, sealing a spot in the divisional round of the MLB playoffs.
While their players raucously celebrated in Milwaukee, so did their fans back home in New York City.
Although there was no action on the diamond at Citi Field, fans still gathered at the ballpark to watch the crunch series finale.
And, as Alonso fired the Mets into the National League Divisional Series, the atmosphere inside Citi Field was just as rowdy as a normal gameday.
The New York Mets pulled off a miracle comeback win over the Milwaukee Brewers
While their players raucously celebrated in Milwaukee, so did their fans back home in New York
In a clip shared on ESPN’s broadcast, a sea of blue and orange could be seen going wild as the comeback kids pulled off the unbelievable once again.
The sixth-seeded Mets will open the NL Division Series on Saturday at Philadelphia. The second-seeded Phillies won of the NL East, finishing six games ahead of New York and the Atlanta Braves.
The NL Central champion Brewers lost their sixth consecutive playoff series since a sweep of the Colorado Rockies in the 2018 NLDS.
Francisco Lindor, who had the Mets’ only two hits through eight innings, walked to open the ninth against Brewers closer Devin Williams, who saved 14 of 15 during the season and finished Milwaukee’s 5-3 win in Game 2. Brandon Nimmo singled with one out, and Alonso then sent a 3-1 pitch 367 feet to right-center.
The Mets added a run when Jesse Winker was hit by a pitch with two outs, stole second, and Starling Marte singled to right.
David Peterson tossed a scoreless bottom of the ninth, inducing a game-ending double play from Brice Turang for the first save of his career, regular season or postseason. Edwin Diaz (1-0) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Pete Alonso hit a clutch three-run homer in the ninth inning to overturn a two-run deficit
Jesse Winker was hit by a pitch with two outs and stole second helping add a run
Williams (0-1) gave up four runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning.
Jake Bauers and Sal Frelick opened the seventh inning with back-to-back homers to snap a scoreless tie and put Milwaukee up 2-0.
After Mets starter Jose Quintana blanked the Brewers on four hits through six innings, Jose Butto came on to start the seventh. Bauers, who hit .199 with 12 homers during the regular season, pinch-hit for Rhys Hoskins and sent a 3-2 pitch 405 feet to right.
Frelick, who had just two homers in the regular season, then jumped on the next pitch for a 408-foot shot to right.
Brewers right-hander Tobias Myers tossed five scoreless innings of two-hit ball. Trevor Megill, Nick Mears, and Game 1 starter Freddy Peralta each followed with a hitless inning before the Mets broke through against Williams.
Mets fans who made the trip to American Family Field wildly celebrated the victory
The team’s celebrations began on the field before turning it up a notch in the locker room
Milwaukee stranded a runner in scoring position in four of the first five innings against Quintana, who struck out five and walked one in a 94-pitch outing.
Lindor doubled to open the first and singled in the third, the only Mets baserunner through the first four innings against Myers, who was a combined 1-15 with a 7.82 ERA at Triple-A with three different teams in 2022.
Back home, New York’s most iconic land mark, the Empire State Building, honored its hometown team by lighting up blue and orange.
Many fans and athletes took to social media to congratulate New York with NBA star Donovan Mitchell posting: ‘One of the best Mets wins of my life.’
More to follow.