Kyle Finnegan fell behind 2-0 on Pete Alonso and tried to come up and in on the New York Mets’ slugger, with a 95 MPH sinker, but Alonso hit it out to left, for a walk-off homer and a sweep of the three-game set with the Washington Nationals in Citi Field. A half-inning after the Nationals rallied to tie the second game of their doubleheader with the Mets, the team lost their fourth straight and ninth in the last ten games.
For Finnegan, it was the second blown save since taking over the closer’s role following the trade deadline moves that shipped Brad Hand and Daniel Hudson out of the nation’s capital.