The New York Mets’ first walk-off win of 2019 could not have come at a better time. After the Cincinnati Reds rallied to score two runs off Jeurys Familia with two outs in the ninth to tie the game, it began to feel like the Mets were setting themselves up for a second straight tough loss. In walked Pete Alonso, who played the role of hero in the tenth inning to pick up his first career walk-off and pick up his teammate.
Before the late-inning heroics, Jason Vargas started for the Mets and turned in a perfectly cromulent outing as he went toe-to-toe with the National League ERA leader.