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NEW YORK -- The first pitch Mark Vientos saw from Justin Wilson in the 10th inning was a cutter inside, out of the strike zone. That's all it took for New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza to know how the at-bat would end.
"The way he took it, I was like, 'Game's over here,'" Mendoza said.
Mendoza saw there was no panic. Vientos wasn't rushed. He seemed at ease.
Moments later, on the eighth pitch of the duel, Vientos proved Mendoza's hunch right, launching a 97-mph fastball for a walk-off, two-run home run to give the Mets a 6-4 win against the Cincinnati Reds.