KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Josh Walker balked dwelling the successful run within the Tenth inning and the Kansas City Royals rallied previous the New York Mets 7-6 on Tuesday night time for his or her season-best fourth straight victory.
Hours after the retooling Mets traded star pitcher Justin Verlander and two different gamers to cap a shocking deadline selloff, they blew a 6-4 lead supplied by rookie Francisco Álvarez’s two-run homer within the prime of the Tenth.
Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI double within the backside half and MJ Melendez tied it with a run-scoring single off Brooks Raley (0-2).
“The whole last inning, really good at-bats,” Royals supervisor Matt Quatraro stated. “Bobby, MJ, and then taking walks. Raley’s tough. We’ve seen a lot of him and he can really get you to expand the zone. Our guys didn’t do that.”
“Bobby getting us started right there is huge,” Melendez stated. “Getting that tying run on second base takes a lot of pressure off the guys to come. We had some really good at-bats and some walks after that.”
Following a two-out throwing error by rookie third baseman Brett Baty, Melendez scored when Walker balked with the bases loaded to provide last-place Kansas City (33-75) its sixth walk-off victory.
PHOTOS: Royals win 4th straight, rally previous retooling Mets 7-6 on Tenth-inning balk
“I didn’t have a PitchCom in my ear,” Walker defined. “Álvy didn’t have communication. Basically I was trying to relay that to him. When I went to step off, my foot was kind of in the footprint of where guys had been throwing and my knee buckled a little bit before I stepped off.”
Walker was recalled from the minors earlier within the day.
“Pitching-wise, we gave them some things they didn’t earn,” Mets supervisor Buck Showalter stated. “But they earned some stolen bases.”
Kansas City stole three bases within the seventh and scored twice to seize a 3-1 lead. Pinch-runner Dairon Blanco stole third and scored on Álvarez’s throwing error earlier than Maikel Garcia added an RBI single off Trevor Gott.
“We’ve got dudes on the whole team that can move the game on the basepaths,” stated Samad Taylor, who stole two bases and scored twice. “Any way we can do something on the basepaths, it’s a plus. This game tonight came down to baserunning and doing the right things on the basepaths.”
“He’s got sneaky pop,” Quatraro stated. “He steals bags, plays good defense. We’re excited to have him.”
Carlos Hernández (1-6) labored one inning for the win.
Pete Alonso hit his thirty first homer for the Mets and added an RBI single in a three-run eighth that gave them a 4-3 lead.
“You know you can’t make mistakes to him,” Royals starter Zack Greinke stated. “It was a fastball right down the middle. It’s still an impressive hit.”
Freddy Fermin’s sacrifice fly off Adam Ottavino within the backside half tied it.
TRANSACTIONS
After making a flurry of trades over the previous few days, the Mets known as up Walker, RHP John Curtiss, OF Rafael Ortega and C Michael Pérez from Triple-A Syracuse.
Kansas City activated 1B Matt Beaty from the seven-day injured listing and recalled LHP Angel Zerpa and RHPs Jackson Kowar and James McArthur from Triple-A Omaha.
UP NEXT
Mets rookie RHP Kodai Senga (7-5, 3.17 ERA) faces Royals RHP Alec Marsh (0-5, 7.04) on Wednesday night time.
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