The Mets have been looking for this type of response all season.
Just hours after wasting a handful of opportunities in a walk-off extra-inning loss to the Angels, New York answered right back with a huge 5-1 victory on Sunday.
That gave them just their second series win since April 5, and their fourth of the season.
“Last night was a tough one for us,” Carlos Mendoza said. “I’m glad that we were able to turn the page and come back with the quick turnaround and just got out and get the job done — it was good to see.”
“That’s the name of the game,” Mark Vientos added. “Just putting yesterday behind us and focusing on the next.”
Vientos accounted for the majority of the Mets’ offense on Sunday, putting together a much-needed power display with a pair of long two-run homers.
He’s now hitting .275 with five XBH’s a .891 OPS over his last 12 games.
Clay Holmes was massive as well, continuing his ace-like start to the season, delivering 6.2 innings of one-run ball.
Holmes and the bullpen were helped by the Mets’ defense all day, with the most notable play being Carson Benge‘s spectacular diving catch in the bottom of the ninth.
“I thought we played a pretty good game defensively,” Mendoza said.
“A guy like me, I need the defense,” Holmes added. “Just to see them out there giving it everything they have and working like they are — it was fun and really good to see.”
The all-around effort certainly was encouraging, but still sitting at 12-22, the Mets know they’ll need more of the same moving forward as they look to get things trending back in the right direction.
“The only thing it does is make our flight happier, that’s about it,” Vientos said. “We’ve got to win tomorrow.”
“That’s what it’s going to take,” Mendoza added. “One series at a time, one game at a time.”
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