{"id":669616,"date":"2026-04-08T04:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669616\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:51:18","slug":"mets-take-big-hit-from-abs-system-before-being-saved-by-ronnie-mauricios-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669616\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets take big hit from ABS system before being saved by Ronnie Mauricio&#8217;s heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ronny Mauricio playing the hero meant the automated ball-strike system was no longer the villain Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mauricio came through with a pinch-hit walk-off single in the 10th <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/07\/sports\/mets-use-late-inning-magic-for-walk-off-win-over-diamondbacks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to secure a 4-3 victory over the Diamondbacks<\/a> at Citi Field, but the Mets only reached extra innings because baseball in 2026 bit them in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona scored all three of its runs in a frame the Mets briefly believed to have been over, the first time this season that the challenge system has burned them.<\/p>\n<p>In the fifth, Freddy Peralta loaded the bases with two outs and was pulled for Huascar Brazob\u00e1n. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.38753388;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39022557\" width=\"819\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Huascar-Brazoban-.jpg\" alt=\"Huascar Brazob\u00e1n walks back to the dugout after giving up three runs in the fifth inning of the Mets' 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks on April 7, 2026 at Citi Field.\" class=\"wp-image-39022557\"  \/>Huascar Brazob\u00e1n walks back to the dugout on April 7, 2026 at Citi Field. Robert Sabo for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The righty reliever threw a two-strike sinker that induced a called strike, and the Mets took several steps toward the dugout while the batter, Adrian Del Castillo, touched his helmet. <\/p>\n<p>He believed the pitch to have been inside, and replay showed he was correct.<\/p>\n<p>Brazob\u00e1n had to collect himself and apparently did not do so well: The next pitch, a middle-of-the-plate changeup, was smashed to right field for a game-tying two-run single. <\/p>\n<p>One batter later, the Diamondbacks had the lead.<\/p>\n<p>This predicament \u2014 in which a celebration is cut short and a pitcher has to calm himself and pitch through the emotions \u2014 was a topic the Mets discussed during spring training, according to Carlos Mendoza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not an easy situation,\u201d the manager said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s new for all of us here. You think you\u2019re out of the woods, and before you know it, you got to get back on the mound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey got him there. It was a really good challenge for them, close pitch. You got to give them credit there.\u201d    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronny Mauricio playing the hero meant the automated ball-strike system was no longer the villain Tuesday. Mauricio came&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,4804,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-669616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mets","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-mets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkmets","15":"tag-ronny-mauricio","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116367294278986272","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}