The Mets built an early cushion in Chicago, and Brett Baty was a big reason why, coming around to score as New York pushed its lead to 3-1 in the top of the 4th.
Baty scores as the Mets push their lead to 3-1 in the 4th inning.
It stayed a Mets game for a while. Then the White Sox bats woke up all at once. Chicago strung together three straight home runs to erase the deficit, the kind of stretch that turns a quiet crowd into a mob scene in about 10 minutes.
The third of three straight White Sox homers lands and ties the game at 4-4.
With the game knotted up, it turned into a pitch-by-pitch nail-biter, the kind where every count feels like it matters. That tension carried all the way into the 9th, still tied at 4-4, with both bullpens trying to hold the line.
A tense 2-2 count in a game still deadlocked at 4-4 late in the contest.
That's when Jake Rogers stepped up and ended it. The catcher launched a 401-foot, 103 mph two-run shot to walk off the White Sox and cap the comeback, sending Chicago's dugout into a full sprint toward home plate.
Jake Rogers rounds first pumping his fist after the walk-off two-run homer, teammates mobbing him at the plate.
What makes it wilder is who's hitting it. Rogers has been on 4 different teams since late July, a stretch that reportedly broke a 122-year-old MLB record for most teams in the shortest span, bouncing from Detroit to Baltimore to Boston before landing with the White Sox off waivers. First home run with his newest club, and it's a walk-off.
The graphic marks Rogers' walk-off blast, capping a run in which he's suited up for 4 teams since July 28th.
For a White Sox roster that's had to scrap for wins all year, a comeback like this one, complete with back-to-back-to-back homers and a journeyman catcher delivering the finishing blow, is the kind of night that sticks. For the Mets, it's a lead blown late and a bullpen that couldn't hold a tie, the kind of loss that stings on the road.