Mets Come Back From 5-Run Deficit for Huge Win vs. Cubs | MLB on TBS

Mets Come Back From 5-Run Deficit for Huge Win vs. Cubs | MLB on TBS

HITTER’S COUNT AND A HIGH FLY BALL DEEP INTO LEFT CENTER. AND SHE IS GONE. FRANCISCO ALVAREZ, A WIN CHEATER, A TWO RUN HOME RUN, AND THE METS HAVE A 9 TO 7 LEAD. >> WE CAME IN THE NIGHT WITH DOUBTS, AND WE LEAVE WITH THE METS CONTROLLING THEIR OWN DESTINY. WHAT A PERFORMANCE FROM THIS ENTIRE ROSTER. UNBELIEVABLE. MLB ON TBS CLOSER PRESENTED BY VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS. THE LARGEST COMEBACK FOR THE METS THIS SEASON. THE BULLPEN GOES SEVEN AND TWO THIRDS, ALLOWS ONE EARNED RUN. AND FRANCISCO ALVAREZ, WHO HAS A BROKEN PINKIE ON ONE HAND AND A SPRAINED THUMB ON THE OTHER, TAKES EIGHT FINGERS AND SMASHES A HOME RUN. AND SUDDENLY THE METS CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY. WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THE LOCKER ROOM IN THE RIGHT SPIRITS, DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. PEDRO. THEY DID IT, AND NOW THEY CONTROL THEIR PATH. >> THEY DID IT, AND THEY DID IT THE WAY WE EXPECTED. YOU KNOW, EVERY LEADER IS OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. FRANCISCO OUT THERE, THE POLAR BEAR. SOTO GOT A HIT. >> LINDOR HAD A BIG GAME. NIMMO. >> EVERYBODY STOOD UP. AND THAT’S WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. AND THAT’S ALL THEY NEEDED. ONE LITTLE MOMENTUM SHIFTING AND THEY GOT IT TONIGHT. >> AND WE ARE BLESSED RIGHT NOW TO BE JOINED BY THE HERO OF THIS GAME, FRANCISCO ALVAREZ JOINING US. I HEAR YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE THE BEST HITTER WITH EIGHT FINGERS. HOW DID IT FEEL HITTING THAT HOME RUN PAL. >> FEELING GREAT MAN. >> FEELING GREAT. FEELING GREAT. >> I, I EXECUTE MY PLAN. >> AND I WAS FEELING VERY GOOD. >> FRANCISCO. QUÉ ERA LO NECESARIO PARA USTEDES GANARON ESTE JUEGO Y QUÉ TAN IMPORTANTE PARA USTEDES ESTA VICTORIA. >> BASTANTE BASTANTE. ESTO NO MANANA. OTRA VEZ. POR CIENTO PORQUE HABIAMOS PODIDO JUEGO SEGUIDO. GRACIAS A PODEMOS SEGUIR METIDO EN BIEN CERCA DEL WILD CARD. TENEMOS TENEMOS UN EQUIPO. >> AHI ESTA ASKING HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO ACTUALLY GET THIS MOMENTUM SHIFTING TOWARDS THEIR SIDE. AND AT THE SAME TIME HOW IMPORTANT WAS THIS WIN FOR THEM. IT SAYS THAT ACTUALLY AFTER LOSING THOSE TWO GAMES THEY NEEDED THIS KIND OF GAME TO TO ACTUALLY GET BACK IN AND GET THE MOMENTUM BACK TO THE TEAM. SO JIMMY YOU HAVE A QUESTION. >> FOR HIM. GOT YOU. GREAT JOB TONIGHT MAN AT THE PLATE. MY QUESTION GOES TO THE URGENCY THAT YOU GUYS PLAYED WITH TONIGHT. YOU NEEDED A BIG START. YOU GOT GOT IT RIGHT AWAY AND THEN GOT BEHIND. YOU GUYS KEPT FIGHTING WHICH IS SOMETHING WE SAW A LOT FROM THIS TEAM LAST YEAR. TALK ABOUT THE RESILIENCE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOUND TONIGHT AND ABLE TO THAT ENABLED YOU GUYS TO COME BACK AND GET THIS WIN. >> I MEAN I FEEL LIKE LIKE A TEAM. WE DO LIKE A GREAT JOB HITTING A TWO ARE COMING IN. THEY HE JUST WAS THROWING BOWLING BALLS IN THE AIR IN THE NIGHT. JUST STRIKE BOWLING BALLS RIGHT IN THE IN THE IN THE ZONE. SO THAT HELPED A LOT TO. >> FRANCISCO THIS IS GRANDY. CONGRATULATIONS. THIS OFFENSE OF THE METS CAN BE ONE OF THE BEST. AND YOU ARE ALL HEATING UP AND HEATING UP AT THE RIGHT TIME. TALK ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THIS LINEUP CAN BE. EVERYONE GOT TO HIT TONIGHT. YOU OF COURSE WITH A BIG ONE. BUT HOW BIG CAN THIS OFFENSE BE DOWN THE STRETCH? >> I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GREAT OFFENSE. WE ALWAYS LIKE WE NEVER GIVE UP. WE ALWAYS LIKE, TRY TO KEEP GOING. WE ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE A QUALITY AT BAT. AND TODAY WE EXECUTE OUR PLAN AND WE CAN WIN THIS GAME. SO I THINK IF EVERY DAY WE CAN DO THE SAME THING, I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR FOR THIS SEASON. >> ABSOLUTELY. CONGRATULATIONS FRANCISCO ON THE HIT AND THE WIN. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CLUBHOUSE. >> GRACIAS. >> OH MAN. THERE’S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FACE TOO. HE JUST LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT CATCHER YOU KNOW. BUT WHAT YOU SAID EVERYONE GETTING A HIT. YOU’RE DOWN SIX ONE. YOUR BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL. YOU SEE WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND THE LEAGUE. EVERYONE CAME THROUGH TONIGHT. >> AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING. AT THIS POINT, THE BATS ARE ROLLING. IT’S NOT JUST THE TOP OF THE LINEUP. OF COURSE THERE ARE SUPERSTARS IN THAT MIX, BUT EVERYBODY ONE THROUGH NINE JUST GETTING ON BASE, PASSING THE BATON TO THE NEXT PERSON, MOVING 90FT, 90FT AND NOT GIVING UP. BEING DOWN FIVE IN THIS SITUATION. JUST CONTINUE TO GET IT TO THE BIG BATS. PETE ALONSO UP WITH THE RUNNERS ON A FEW FEET AWAY FROM BIG HOME RUN RIGHT THERE. NIMMO WITH POWER. YOU KNOW JUST THE NUMBER OF AT BATS THAT EVERYBODY CAN EXECUTE AND PUT TOGETHER. LIKE FRANCISCO SAID, EXECUTING YOUR PLAN AND GOING OUT THERE AND DOING IT. AND THAT’S THE GAME PLAN. STAY HOT WITH THE BATS AND KEEP SWINGING IT. >> EIGHT RBIS THE LAST FIVE GAMES FOR NIMMO. >> I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE BIG PLAYERS NEED TO STEP UP. HE’S BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT TEAM. HE HAS BEEN HE’S COME UP WITH BIG HITS AFTER BIG HIT. EVEN IF HE’S HAVING A DOWN TURN OF THE SEASON, HE SEEMS TO COME UP WITH THAT AT BAT. AND IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT HOW MANY YOU GET, IT’S HOW MANY YOU GET THAT COUNT. AND HE FOUND A WAY TO GET ONE THAT COUNTED TONIGHT. AND YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION. THE METS DID EXACTLY THAT. CADE HAD TO COME OUT THE GAME AND WE’VE SEEN HOW GOOD HE’S BEEN. ALTHOUGH HE GAVE UP A LEAD OFF HOME RUN TO FRANCISCO AFTER THAT. IT WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY, HE’S BACK ON TRACK. HE CAME OUT THE GAME. YOU THINK THOSE BATS DIDN’T WAKE UP IN A IN A METS DUGOUT? YOU KNOW, YOU GO AROUND, YOU CLAP ALL THE BATS AND THEY START SOUNDING REAL LOUD. THAT’S WHAT THAT BALL STARTED SOUNDING TO DO OFF THE BAT. SO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT SITUATION WAS HUGE. BUT THE URGENCY IS WHAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH. THEY CAME OUT EARLY, GOT DOWN BIG, BUT THEY NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING. >> WE WERE WONDERING WHY CADE HORTON WAS PULLED AFTER THREE INNINGS. THE TEAM CAME OUT AND SAID HE WAS TAKEN OUT AS A PRECAUTION BECAUSE HIS BACK WAS TIGHTENING. PEDRO, YOU SAID IN PREGAME SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP UP. SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE THE LEADER. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT? >> YEAH, I SAW THE ATTITUDE IN THE GUYS. AND ALSO I SAW MORE DETERMINATION IN THE PLAYERS FROM THE METS TO ACTUALLY GO GET IT. IT I DON’T WANT TO SAY DESPERATE THAT THEY WERE PLAYING DESPERATE, BUT I THINK THEY THEY WERE VERY WELL AWARE THAT THEY NEEDED THIS GAME. AND SOMEHOW THEY BATTLED THEIR WAY AROUND AND ENDED UP WINNING THIS GAME. I JUST HOPE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY THIS WAY AND NOT GET WHAT THEY GOT LAST LAST WEEK, WHERE THEY FINALLY GOT AWAY FROM THE EIGHT GAME LOSING STREAK, RIGHT? AND THEN AFTER THEY WON A COUPLE, THEN THEY KIND OF RELAXED AND AND DIDN’T GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS THE WAY FOCUSED AND AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY DID TONIGHT, WHICH WAS GRIND THE BATS RELIEVERS CAME OVER AND DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THEY THEY WERE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO TO WIN THAT BALL GAME, AND THEY ENDED UP WINNING IT. >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE METS ARE LIKE THE DEFINITION OF A STREAKY TEAM. LINDOR IS NOW ON AN 11 GAME HIT STREAK. HE HAD HIS FIRST MULTI-RBI GAME THIS MONTH, AND HE SET THE TONE AS YOU HAVE DONE. AND CURTIS HAS DONE MANY TIMES A LEADOFF HOME RUN RIGHT AWAY. BUT EVERY AT BAT HE WAS ADDING AN RBI HIS FIRST THREE AT BATS. >> YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THE BIG THING AFTER GETTING THE LEADOFF HOMER, YOU THINK, OKAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE IT. AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU’RE DOWN FIVE. THIS IS WHERE I THINK THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAYING ON THE ROAD CAME IN HANDY. IF THEY’RE IN NEW YORK, THE CITI FIELD FANS ARE GOING TO BE BOOING. THE METS. >> ARE COMING DOWN RIGHT. >> AND THEN NOW THE PRESSURE GETS EVEN TIGHTER. NOW YOU’RE IN WRIGLEY. THE WRIGLEY FANS ARE FOCUSED ON THE CUBS. THEY DON’T CARE. >> ABOUT THE CLINCHED. >> AND ALSO THE CUBS ARE IN A FOUR GAME LOSING STREAK AS WELL. SO THEY START GETTING TIGHT. >> THEY GET A LITTLE TIGHT, BUT THEY KNOW THEY’RE IN. LIKE JIMMY SAID, THEY’VE CLINCHED. BUT NOW IS THE METS ALL RIGHT? JUST STICK TO IT. NO ONE’S BOOING US. THERE’S NO ADDED PRESSURE. JUST WANTED HIT BATTER AFTER A TIME. ONE WALK. JUST GET IT ON WHEN THEY’RE BOOING YOU AND THEY’RE COMING AFTER YOU. YOU’RE TRYING TO DO IT ALL. >> GETS MORE INTENSE. >> BUT I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE EDWIN DIAZ A LITTLE CREDIT. PLEASE DO. COME ON. EDWIN. >> HE CAME K’S. >> THE WAY HE PRESENTED HIMSELF. THAT’S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT. HE CAN BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT COULD REALLY TELL EVERYBODY, HEY, WE’RE HERE. AND I THINK HE LED BY EXAMPLE TODAY. I THINK HE REALLY TOLD EVERYBODY WITHOUT SAYING A WORD. THIS IS WHAT IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, TAKING OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TEAM. AND HE WENT OUT THERE WAS VERY UNSELFISH AND DID WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO. AND THAT THAT TELLS THE TEAM, HEY, IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE CAN COUNT ON THEM. >> IN A WAY. PERFORM TONIGHT. YOU DON’T WANT TO BE BEHIND IN THE NINTH. NO, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE BEHIND IN THE EIGHTH THE WAY YOU PERFORMED TONIGHT, BECAUSE THAT WAS LIGHTS OUT. STUFF LIKE PEDRO, WE’RE BACK. YOU KNOW, WE WERE BEFORE WE CAME BACK ON. YOU KNOW, HE THREW THE BALL 98 OFF THE BAT SCREEN. HE SAID, YOU LIKE THAT, I. >> LIKE THAT. >> HEY, I’M SHOWING AGGRESSION. I’M DOING. YOU’RE GETTING EVERYTHING THAT I GOT. YOU’RE GETTING THE BEST OF ME. AND THAT SET HIM UP FOR THE NEXT PITCH. SO IF YOU’RE A TEAM AND THE METS HAPPEN TO GET IN, I’M TELLING YOU NOW. >> YOU BETTER BE AHEAD. >> YOU THANK YOU. WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH. YOU DO NOT. YOU DON’T WANT TO, MAN. EDWIN IS FILTHY. >> HE’S ABOUT THIS. THAT WAS HIS THIRD SIX OUT SAVE OF THIS SEASON. HE HAD FIVE STRIKEOUTS IN SIX BATTERS, WHICH IS A SEASON HIGH. FIVE STRIKEOUTS IS THE MOST HE’S HAD IN ABOUT THREE YEARS. THIS METS BULLPEN, WHEN THEY MADE ALL THE TRADES AND IT WASN’T WORKING OUT, THERE WAS A LOT OF DOUBT. THEY HAVE NOW ALLOWED SIX EARNED RUNS IN THEIR LAST 37 AND TWO THIRDS. THEY HAD TO COME IN AFTER ONE AND A THIRD TONIGHT. THEY FIGURED IT OUT. THEY GOT IT DONE AND NOW THEY CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY. THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE REDS WERE IN ACTION AGAINST THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES AND WELL, LET’S JUST SAY, YEAH, PITTSBURGH JUMPED. >> ALL OVER. >> THESE ARE THOSE GAMES WHEN YOU GO IN THERE. YEAH, WE JUST TOOK OVER A PLAYOFF SPOT. NOW WE GOT THE LAST PLACE PIRATES. EASY. NO NO NO. THESE TEAMS YOU DON’T WANT TO FACE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY GOT NOTHING TO LOSE. >> AND A LOT TO GAIN. >> YES. SO THE. >> PITTSBURGH PIRATES THEY GO UP 4 TO 2. THE REDS TRYING TO MAKE A RUN HERE AT THE END UNABLE TO DO SO. AND NOW THE METS CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY. AND AGAIN SKEENS IS ON THE BUMP TOMORROW. DODGERS ARIZONA ARIZONA. ONE OF THOSE TEAMS FIGHTING FOR THAT LAST SPOT. DODGERS. HEY, THEY COULD MAKE A RUN AS WELL. BUT LOOK BIG TIME SHOT RIGHT HERE. DODGERS UP ONE ZERO. HERE’S WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT THE CUBS. REMEMBER SAN DIEGO HOLDS THE TIEBREAKER OVER THEM SAN DIEGO UP RIGHT NOW SIX ZERO OVER THE BREWERS. THE DODGERS THOUGH FIRMLY IN THAT THREE SPOT IN THE NL. >> AND LUCAS ON THE BUMP. >> LOOK WHO’S ON THE BOUNCE. >> OH MR. STROMAN SHOHEI OHTANI AND LOOKING SHARP TO. >> ALL RIGHT HERE IS WHERE WE STAND IN THE NL POSTSEASON PICTURE RIGHT NOW THE CUBS THEY’RE WHERE THEY ARE. THEY JUST LOST TONIGHT. THAT’S FIVE GAMES IN A ROW THAT THEY’VE LOST. BUT THEY ARE STILL FIRMLY IN THAT FOUR SPOT SAN DIEGO NOW TWO GAMES BACK. IT COULD BE ONE AND A HALF GAMES DEPENDING ON THEIR GAME. AND THEN WE KNOW THE METS HAVE A ONE GAME LEAD OVER CINCINNATI. IS THAT WIN TONIGHT? IS THAT ENOUGH, PEDRO, TO MAKE YOU FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE METS? OR IS THIS GOING TO BE PINS AND NEEDLES FOR THE NEXT WEEK? >> NO, NO, I NEED THEM TO PLAY THE KIND OF GAME THAT THEY PLAYED TODAY. EXCEPT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE

MLB on TBS crew Pedro Martinez, Jimmy Rollins, Curtis Granderson, and Adam Lefkoe break down the New York Mets comeback win over the Chicago Cubs to take control of their own destiny in the NL wildcard race.

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