Baty’s First Bomb Comes as Mets Bats Awaken in ATL
Two weeks ago Brett Baty was taking swings at TD Bank Ballpark in Somerset for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in a series against the Somerset Patriots. Last night he was taking his cuts in a Mets uniform for the Major League squad down in Atlanta, and in his first official Major League at bat, the lanky left-handed hitter crushed a two-run homer that put the Mets up 4-0.
“I was just looking for a pitch to drive. It was awesome,” Baty said. “I felt pure joy in order to help this team out and look up and see my family there.”
BRETT BATY HAS HOMERED IN HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE AT-BAT!!!!! pic.twitter.com/EPwfc0BDzK
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 17, 2022
🎥 Brett Baty on his memorable debut: pic.twitter.com/f62gEibwsc
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 18, 2022
Baty was promoted Monday after a flurry of injuries for the Mets. Baty has been hitting well all year. He hit .316 at Double-A Binghamton and .367 in Triple-A.
Meanwhile the rest of the Mets played a big role in the much needed victory. Starling Marte went deep twice, and Francisco Lindor went deep in the first inning as the Mets built a 6-1 lead through the top of the seventh inning.
Max Scherzer was solid once again for the Amazin’s but ran into trouble in the bottom of the seventh after giving up another run on a fielder’s choice to Vaughn Grissom. With two runners aboard, Scherzer came out of the game for Adam Ottavino, who served up a three run bomb to Robbie Grossman to cut the Mets lead down to a run, 6-5.
After Edwin Diaz pitched a shutout eighth inning to keep the Mets in front 6-5, New York went right to work, tacking on runs when Pete Alonso and Daniel Voglebach went back-to-back with RBI base hits. Alonso had a two-run single that pushed the Mets lead to 8-5. Voglebach’s double, scored Alonso to make it 9-5.
With the victory, the Mets increase their lead over Atlanta back to 4.5 games in the NL East. The Mets send Jacob deGrom to the hill tonight.
