{"id":178585,"date":"2026-03-29T01:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/178585\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:59:11","slug":"mets-rally-past-the-pirates-4-2-on-a-3-run-homer-by-luis-robert-jr-in-the-11th-inning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/178585\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets rally past the Pirates 4-2 on a 3-run homer by Luis Robert Jr. in the 11th inning"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the New York Mets a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Luis Torrens delivered a tying single in the 10th on his first swing this season, and the Mets improved to 2-0 following an 11-7 victory on Thursday over Paul Skenes and the Pirates in their opener.<\/p>\n

After starters Mitch Keller and David Peterson matched zeros in 42-degree weather, Nick Gonzales lined an RBI single for Pittsburgh with one out in the 10th to break a scoreless tie.<\/p>\n

Mets reliever Luis Garcia prevented further damage by retiring Jake Mangum with the bases loaded.<\/p>\n

Bryan Reynolds put the Pirates ahead again with a two-out infield single in the 11th before Richard Lovelady (1-0) struck out Gonzales with runners at the corners.<\/p>\n

Jorge Polanco worked a leadoff walk in the bottom half from rookie left-hander Hunter Barco (0-1), who pitched out of a huge jam in the 10th to extend the game in his third major league appearance.<\/p>\n

With automatic runner Bo Bichette also aboard at second, Robert reached down and drove a 1-0 slider over the left-center fence<\/a> for his first homer with the Mets and the second walk-off shot of his career. The center fielder from Cuba, acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a January trade, also had two RBI singles Thursday in his New York debut.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh finished 2 for 18 with runners in scoring position and stranded 17. Mangum’s ninth-inning double was the only extra-base hit in the game until Roberts went deep.<\/p>\n

Following the Mets’ offseason makeover, the 30-year-old Peterson became the team’s longest-tenured player. The left-hander, a first-time All-Star last season before fading in the second half, allowed six singles and two walks in 5 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

He pitched around a throwing error by Bichette, switching from shortstop to third base this year, and induced a popup from new Pirates cleanup batter Marcell Ozuna on a 2-0 fastball with the bases loaded to end the fifth.<\/p>\n

Keller was even better, permitting just three singles and no walks in six innings. The right-hander, an All-Star in 2023, has a 1.79 ERA in seven starts against New York.<\/p>\n

Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean (5-1, 2.06 ERA) makes his season debut Sunday in the series finale. RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (5-8, 3.55) pitches for Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20046,60098,72181,35576,72180,38995,72182,48326,31646,16708,72179,72045,9,11,10,60103,833,3529,20052,3528,28392,28565,28388,28389,72183,70837],"class_list":["post-178585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-bo-bichette","tag-bryan-reynolds","tag-carmen-mlodzinski","tag-david-peterson","tag-jake-mangum","tag-jorge-polanco","tag-luis-garcia","tag-luis-robert","tag-luis-torrens","tag-marcell-ozuna","tag-mets-pirates-score-luis-robert-jr","tag-mitch-keller","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nick-gonzales","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-paul-skenes","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40800-ap-new-jersey-sports-only","tag-product-40802-ap-new-york-city-sports-only","tag-product-40803-ap-new-york-state-sports-only","tag-product-40809-ap-pennsylvania-sports-only","tag-richard-lovelady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}