The New York Mets finally hit the brakes on a brutal 12-game losing streak Wednesday night at Citi Field, squeezing out a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Juan Soto came back from the injured list and chipped in a walk and a single, but the long-awaited victory got a little nerve‑wracking when Francisco Lindor left with left calf tightness after scoring on a Francisco Álvarez double. Mark Vientos dropped a tiebreaking RBI bloop single into shallow right in the eighth, and Luke Weaver locked it down in the ninth to secure New York’s first win since April 7.
Vientos’ soft liner cashed in Brett Baty after Álvarez battled through a nine-pitch walk, putting the Mets back on top and finally giving the home crowd something to exhale about. According to the Chicago Tribune, Soto went 1-for-3 with that single and a walk in his return from a strained right calf, while Lindor was pulled with left calf tightness after clearly laboring around the bases on Álvarez’s go-ahead double. The win snapped New York’s skid at 12 games, which was the club’s longest losing streak since August 2002.
Late Rally, Arms That Hold Up
Clay Holmes did the heavy lifting on the mound, giving the Mets seven innings of two-run ball while scattering five hits. The bullpen then turned the final frames into a tightrope act, leaning on Luke Weaver to wriggle out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth before he came back out and struck out three in a one-hit ninth.
On the other side, Minnesota got an encouraging first look at left-hander Connor Prielipp. The prospect made his major-league debut and struck out six over four innings, throwing 82 pitches to keep the Twins within striking distance. For full play-by-play and the box score, check out the game story on MLB.com.
Queens Finally Gets A Breather
The victory gives the Mets a little breathing room on what had turned into a tense homestand, even as the calf issues for Soto and Lindor linger in the background for a team already reshuffling both its rotation and bullpen usage. The mood around Citi Field had been steadily souring as the losses piled up. Hoodline tracked Tuesday’s collapse and the national reaction in our local recap, Twins Taunt Reeling Mets, which captured how that 12-game skid started to define everything about the ballpark vibe.
What’s Next
The Twins are lined up to send Joe Ryan to the mound for Thursday’s finale, while the Mets plan to recall right-hander Christian Scott from Triple-A Syracuse to make that start as they try to steady a shaky rotation, per the game recap on CBS Sports. Scott’s promotion will get plenty of attention as New York looks for more reliable pitching answers.
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