Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes delivers in a pinch with tying homer

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NEW YORK — This was a home run they’ll remember. This was a Yoenis Cespedes moment the New York Mets will remember, a story they’ll tell over and over. How about the night he wasn’t even supposed to play, when he wasn’t even in the dugout, when the game stopped to wait for him and then he walked out and immediately took it over?

How about that night? That night was Tuesday, when the Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 in a game they never should have won, in a game they only won because Yoenis Cespedes does things most others can’t. He does them dramatically, just as he did Tuesday, when his three-run, pinch-hit home run tied the game in the seventh inning, allowing David Wright to drive in the eventual winner moments later.

“Flair for the dramatic,” Wright said, after a moment that included plenty of drama and just a little intrigue, too.

Yoenis Cespedes drilled a tying three-run homer on the only pitch he saw on Tuesday night. Anthony Gruppuso/USA TODAY Sports

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