NEW YORK—A 10th-inning lead against the New York Mets, one strike away, Mookie Wilson in the house, what could possibly go wrong?
On this night, unlike that unmentionable one in 1986, nothing. Shea Stadium is now a parking lot, Wilson was in CitiField, but only as a spectator, and this time, a Red Sox reliever registered the final out, Craig Breslow inducing a flyball from Yoenis Cespedes with the bases full of Metropolitans in a 6-4 Red Sox victory that ended New York’s seven-game winning streak.
