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05/18 22:19 CDT Mets score 10 runs in the 12th, Nationals leave 19 on base in
New York's wild 16-7 win
Mets score 10 runs in the 12th, Nationals leave 19 on base in New York's wild
16-7 win
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Carson Benge led the New York Mets to another extra-inning
victory, hitting an RBI single and a two-run double during a 10-run 12th inning
in a wild 16-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night.
New York became the first National League team to score at least 10 runs in an
extra inning since the 1919 Cincinnati Reds broke loose for 10 in the 13th
inning at Brooklyn.
The Nationals made four errors and left 19 runners on base, but kept it close
until falling apart in the 12th. Paxton Schultz (0-1) retired his first hitter
on a sacrifice bunt, but the next six reached base, starting with Benge's
infield single off Schultz's glove that put the Mets up 7-6.
Eventually things had gone so horribly awry that Washington moved infielder
Jorbit Vivas to the mound and put designated hitter Jos Tena in the field.
There was clearly some confusion over whether that would be allowed, with
Schultz coming back onto the field at one point, but umpires eventually let the
Nats make the move. A.J. Ewing hit an RBI single and Benge added a two-run
double off Vivas.
New York improved to 6-4 in extra-inning games, the most any major league team
has played this season. The Mets, trying to climb out of an early hole, have
won six of seven overall --- with three coming in extras. Benge came through
with the go-ahead swing in all three.
Schultz received his first career decision in his 27th big league appearance.
Brett Baty and Bo Bichette homered for New York, which led 5-3 before the
Nationals scored in the seventh and eighth. Both teams got a run in the 11th.
Huascar Brazobn (3-1) worked through a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the 10th
to keep the game tied. After the Mets took a 6-5 lead in the 11th, he allowed
an RBI infield single to Joey Wiemer that tied it, but after a double by Vivas
put runners on second and third with two outs, the Nationals couldn't push
across the winning run.
Baty's 451-foot homer in the fourth cleared the center-field fence and
ricocheted off a taller wall that's part of the batter's eye.
Up next
Nolan McLean (2-2) starts for the Mets against Washington's Foster Griffin
(4-2) on Tuesday night.
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