For the First Time in About a Month.....

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For the first time in about a month, the Mets have a real live come from behind victory. You can't get much more "come from behind" than this was.

The Mets scored a run in the first inning but they didn't score another run in innings 2-8. Meanwhile, the Diamondbacks scored two runs and then a third in the bottom of the eighth they scored a third.

I had almost given up (I turned away for a while but came back for the 9th inning).

Which brings us to the 9th inning. Two quick outs later, Jose Reyes came up. Reyes put down a beautiful bunt which probably would have gone foul had the catcher not grabbed it on the fair side of the line. By the time the catcher turned around, he had no play. Reyes stole 2nd and was knocked home by Jose Bautista pinch hitting for Familia. 

Brandon Nimmo then hit one on the button that went for a homerun (2 runs with Jose Bautista) and Cabrera followed with another homer. Oh, I forgot to mention this all happened after 2 outs and no one on.

Thanks to Gsellman, and his poise after a challenge on an error on the first baseman (he got three outs after the error) the Mets finally have a two game winning streak and finally have a come-from-behind victory.

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