NEW YORK — Home field advantage typically refers to bigger locker rooms, shorter commutes and friendly fans, but facing the San Diego Padres on Monday night at Citi Field, the Mets received an advantage in the form of some dirt and paint.
Two rollers in the same inning made for a couple of entertaining moments. Tens of thousands of fans watched intently to see if a bunt up the third-base side by Luis Guillorme would roll foul and a slow roller off the bat of Tomas Nido just two batters later would do the same. They both stayed fair and the Mets capitalized by scoring three runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Padres, 5-0.
With the Mets up 3-0 in the seventh, Yu Darvish came back out for his seventh inning of work and promptly gave up a leadoff double to Mark Canha. Guillorme attempted a sacrifice bunt, which is where the entertainment began.
