Even on a day he wasn’t in the starting lineup, Jeff McNeil managed to deliver one of the most important hits of the afternoon.
With the Mets trailing by a run with one out in the seventh, Mickey Callaway first called on McNeil to pinch hit for Zack Wheeler, but instead saved him for a more important at-bat.
That came one batter later, as McNeil came up with runners on second and third and delivered a bloop single to left field to tie the game, as the Mets went on to beat the Giants, 7-3 on Thursday at Citi Field.