Mets Walk It Off Against Tribe On Davis RBI Single

METS 4 - INDIANS 3 

There is something special brewing at Citi Field. For the second time in three weeks, the Metswalked it off in dramatic fashion, this time beating the Cleveland Indians 4-3 on a game-winning single by JD Davis. The victory hands New York its fourth straight win, and 26th 'W' in their last 36 games. The victory also comes off the heels of Tuesdays 9-2 thumping of the Indians, making last week's losses to Atlanta and Kansas City a distant memory. The Mets now trail the Cubs by only 1.5 games for the second wild card in the NL. 

Like we said, there is something special about watching a team that plays with a 'never say die' attitude.  And once again Citi Field was the place to be on a hot summer night. Since the Mets turned their season around after the All-Star Break, fans have been coming out in droves, and the cheers and chants get louder with each victory. 

Even when Indians first baseman Carlos Santana crushed a breaking ball by Luis Avilan, and deposited it over the left field wall, handing Cleveland a 3-2 lead, it didn't feel like the Mets were out of it. 

All they needed was a jolt, and they got exactly that when Amed Rosario lined a double to right center in the bottom of the 10th. Joe Panik laid down the perfect bunt in front of Indians closer Brad Hand to move Rosario over to third. After Pete Alonso was intentionally walked, the Indians botched a Michael Conforto ground ball when Francisco Lindor failed to complete a potential double-play as Rosario crossed home plate with the tying run.

Once Wilson Ramos reached on an infield single that Hand didn't see coming, you had to know that any minute now the Mets would win the game. 

Davis fell into an early 0-2 hole, before taking the next three pitches inside for balls, as Hand was trying to bust him inside. On 3-2, Davis had a fastball right where he wanted it, but swung a tad too soon and fouled it down the third base line. The next pitch, a slider, Davis fisted foul to keep the count going at 3-2. Finally, a slider from Hand floated outside that Davis could straighten up his swing and loft into left field for the game winner. 

Upon rounding first, Davis was swarmed by his teammates, and even got his jersey torn off by Pete Alonso -- an apparent tradition for the Polar Bear, who tore apart Michael Conforto's jersey two weeks ago. He even got the celebratory Gatorade bath. 

During his post-game comments with SNY's Steve Gelbs, grabbed the mic and said "Hey Mets fans, we did it again!" And boy did they ever! As Davis said later in the locker room afterwards, "This is our playoff time, we have to play well and we have to come out ready to play."

Yep, it’s playoff time. The Mets have been in a playoff mentality since July 12, and so far It shows no signs of stopping.

NOTES: Marcus Stroman left Wednesday’s game with hamstring tightness. Stroman gave up only a run on five hits over four innings before leaving. There was no update on his status. Wednesday was another solid outing from the Mets bullpen. Jeyrus Familia, Justin Wilson and Seth Lugo combined to toss four shutout innings in relief. Lugo was especially good, tossing two shutout innings to get the Mets into extra innings.