Luis Robert Jr’s Walk-Off Homer in Extras Lifts Mets over Pirates
For most of a cold and chilly afternoon at Citi Field, the 2025 version of the New York Mets made a return.
The offense left a ton of runners in scoring position, and it was a game where both New York (NL) and the Pittsburgh Pirates spent the day leaving runners on base. However, the 2026 Mets did something that last year’s squad didn’t do: win a game when trailing after eight innings. New Met Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to win it for New York and send a freezing crowd home happy...