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Thriller night: Mets turn page with emotional win
- Updated: September 23, 2016
NEW YORK — The Mets said they had put the disappointment of Wednesday behind them.
“Everything that happened yesterday and the day before is in the past,” Asdrubal Cabrera said Thursday night.
Sure it is. Easy to say now, because of what Cabrera did in the 11th inning against the Phillies. His three-run home run off Phillies reliever Edubray Ramos and the resulting 9-8 Mets win didn’t erase what happened a day before, but it sure did change the story at Citi Field.
Without Cabrera’s home run, and without the game-tying Jose Reyes homer in the ninth that set it up, the Mets could have been in freefall. A loss Thursday — the Mets entered play 0-63 when trailing after eight innings this year — would have had things looking bleak, after they were swept by the Braves in a series that ended with Ender Inciarte’s miracle catch.
Instead, their chase for a second straight postseason is very much alive.
“This is a huge win for us,” Reyes said.
You could tell, from the way they fought for it. You could tell, from the way Reyes celebrated as he rounded the bases, and the way Cabrera flipped his bat away as the ball cleared the right-field wall.
“I don’t remember, to be honest, the last time I was that emotional running the bases,” Reyes said. “I never thought I was going to be here doing this.”
If it’s hard to imagine that Reyes is here, after beginning the season suspended and then getting released by the Rockies, it’s just as hard to imagine Cabrera doing what he is doing.
Technically, Cabrera is the only …
