Jeurys Familia tried to give it away, but his teammates took it back. J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil and Pete Alonso were the forces in the 10th inning Tuesday, assembling a rally that led the Mets to a 4-3 victory over the Reds that let their beleaguered reliever off the hook for a night. Alonso’s sacrifice fly to deep right won it, after Davis had grinded a 10-pitch at-bat and doubled and McNeil’s fourth hit of the game, a single, put runners on the corners with nobody out. Familia had imploded with two outs in the ninth, flushing a 3-1 lead on a walk and three straight singles. Daniel Zamora was summoned and walked Joey Votto to load the bases before Drew Gagnon got the final out by striking out Eugenio Suarez. It was just the latest clunker by Familia, who has posted a 6.28 ERA in 14 appearances this season. On Monday, he walked two batters in the eighth inning but escaped before Edwin Diaz surrendered a go-ahead homer in the ninth to Jesse Winker. But with the stud closer Diaz unavailable after working three straight days, manager Mickey Callaway turned to Familia for a two-inning save. Familia survived the… Read full this story
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