Extra-Innings Struggles Continue as Mets Fall to Bucs
BRISTOL, Va.- A walk-off single from Paul Brands in the bottom of the 10th inning sent Kingsport packing Monday night as the Pirates took the series by winning the final two games, including Game 3's 10-inning 6-5 victory over the Mets at Boyce Cox Field. After trading leads back and
BRISTOL, Va.- A walk-off single from
After trading leads back and forth, the Pirates (16-47) walked it off in the tenth when Brands drilled a stinger up the middle. Matt Dirio scooted around form second base to score the winning run off
Kingsport (28-34) fell to 1-7 in extra-inning games this season and 6-3 against Bristol in the season-series. The Mets conclude the 2017 season at Home beginning Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. with the first of a three-game series against the Elizabethton Twins.
Despite the loss, Kingsport welcomed a new player Monday night, Mets 2017 Second-Round selection out of the First-Year Player Draft,
Kingsport jumped out first as the newest K-Met singled with two outs to ignite the two-run rally. Juan Uriate and
The lead was cut in half at 2-1 in the bottom of the third inning when the Pirates scored an unearned run off a fielder's choice form Ben Bengston. With the bases loaded and only one out, a groundball hit off the bat of Bengston chased Vientos at short stop to his right. HE fielded, flipped to second for one out, but the return throw from second baseman
Following the run-scoring inning for the home team in the third, Kingsport gained it back it the top of fourth when
Things were knotted up in the bottom of the fifth inning when Bengston drove in his third run of the day. It was a towering, two-run home run over the right field wall off K-Mets starter,
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Kingsport reliever
Like clockwork, Kingsport tied the ballgame once again at 4-4 in the top of the eighth when Vientos singled up the middle with Manzanarez at second base. The base runner made his way to third and then was waved around to score once the center fielder,
After a scoreless ninth, Kingsport and Bristol was set to compete in their second extra-inning game of the season as the score remained tied at four runs apiece.
The Mets struck first in the top of the 10th frame when Moreno scored from first on a wild pitch, but the Bucs countered with the two runs in the bottom of the frame that ended with the walkoff single from Paul Brands.
After 10 complete innings of play, the final score read in favor of the home team, 6-5.
German (1-1) took home the loss after surrendering the tying and winning runs in the 10th while not surrendering an out.
The K-Mets saw multi-hit days from the first three batters in the lineup card-Manzanarez, Moreno and Vientos-while Uriarte, Dirocie and Jimenez all drove in a run off nine total team hits. Bristol, who scored six runs off 10 hits Monday evening, witnessed two hits apiece form Contreras and Bengston while the third baseman drove in three of the club's six runs on the evening.
The Mets will return home for the final regular season homestand against the Elizabethton Twins beginning Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.