Of course, here was Alvarez — the youngest player currently in the majors at 20 — in the hero position Friday night.
ATLANTA — Billy Eppler and Buck Showalter both assured that it would be conveyed to Francisco Alvarez not to try to play hero ball. To essentially not see every plate appearance from here until through Game 162 as an audition for not only a postseason roster spot, but perhaps meaningful playoff at-bats. — the youngest player currently in the majors at 20 — in the hero position Friday night. Final at-bat of his major league debut. Bases loaded. Ninth inning. One out. Team down three runs.
The Mets haven’t loved Vogelbach’s at-bats lately. So Showalter decided to save him if the game got two more batters to ninth-place hitter Tomas Nido, who actually had homered in his previous at-bat. Showalter decided his best chance for a blast was with Alvarez. He was looking for Alvarez to, yep, be a hero.
What Cohen and the Mets know now is they can’t finish off an NL East title this weekend. That would have taken a three-game sweep. Now even with two victories, the Mets would leave Atlanta late Sunday night with a magic number of one to clinch their first division championship since 2015. Normally to take the title away from the champ you have to knock them out. But a draw works for the Mets as long as they win at least one game in this series. That would give them the season series over the defending World Series winners and an NL East title if the clubs complete 162 games with the same record. Francisco Alvarez loses control of his bat as he strikes out.And Atlanta tried hard to gift the Mets this game.
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