PHOENIX _ Decidedly unclutch for most of Friday night, the New York Mets used a change in luck to change the game, rallying in the eighth for a 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Mets entered the penultimate inning just 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position, out-hitting Arizona except for when it mattered most. Then, with two outs, came the good fortune: a single by Todd Frazier on an off-balance swing, a soft single by Adeiny Hechavarria poked down the rightfield line, and an infield single by J.D. Davis that looked like a routine inning-ending groundout until reliever Matt Andriese reached for it with his glove. That tied the score at 4-4.
Pinch hitter Carlos Gomez put the Mets ahead for good with an RBI double ripped barely fair down the third-base line. Because plate umpire Jim Wolf had left the game in the second after Frazier's foul tip hit his mask (which fell off his face), there was no third-base umpire available to rule fair or foul, and because the ballboy down the leftfield line thought it was foul, he picked up a ball that was in play.
