NEW YORK -- Curtis Granderson moved to center field for the New York Mets this season out of necessity, with Yoenis Cespedes slowed by a right quadriceps injury and Juan Lagares unable to start because of a ligament tear in his right thumb that required Aug. 1 surgery.
Good thing Granderson was positioned there Wednesday at Citi Field.
Granderson retreated to the wall to make a run-saving catch on Brandon Belt's shot to deep center in the sixth inning. The inning-ending catch stranded San Francisco's Denard Span at second base and preserved a scoreless tie between Madison Bumgarner and Noah Syndergaard in the NL wild-card game.