Hernandez’s 1st HR gets D-backs past Mets in 12

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NEW YORK — They may have needed an extra hour or so to do it, but the D-backs successfully bided their time Wednesday as the Mets’ offense continued to struggle, ultimately coming away with a 3-2 win in 12 innings at Citi Field.

Oscar Hernandez led off the 12th with a homer — the first of his Major League career — against Jerry Blevins, the fifth pitcher out of New York’s bullpen. And the Mets, who struggled offensively against everyone other than D-backs closer Jake Barrett, could not mount a second comeback.

It was Kelly Johnson’s two-run homer off Barrett that undid the early efforts of Robbie Ray, who came into the night with a 7.02 ERA over his previous three starts but still blanked the Mets over seven innings.

Though the D-backs didn’t achieve much more against Mets starter Bartolo Colon, they did enough to take a lead into the ninth. After Paul Goldschmidt …

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