Bo Bichette’s heroics snatch a second straight Mets win over Twins
A Mets team that’s done more losing than almost anyone anticipated seemed determined at times to give up Thursday’s battle against the Twins.
Instead, they hung on — barely — to win their second straight to follow their 12-game skid.
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The 10-8 victory, which came on the heels of the news that Francisco Lindor would likely be out months with a left calf strain, featured a brutal start from Christian Scott , a blown four-run lead in the eighth, a bizarre bullpen mix-up and then nearly another Devin Williams catastrophe in the ninth.
But the Mets put up enough runs, got enough solid innings from some unlikely relievers before Bo Bichette delivered a go-ahead double in the eighth and then Williams righted himself to finish it.
“It was good to get some wins [and] remember what that feels like,” said Bichette, who had a three-run double in the eighth after Huascar Brazobán allowed a game-tying grand slam in the top of the inning to Ryan Jeffers .
“It was a crazy game,’’ manager Carlos Mendoza said.
It came after they ended their longest streak in more than two decades Wednesday.
Scott, making his first start since 2024 Tommy John surgery, retired just four batters and walked five before his early exit.
He walked five, hit one and was pulled in the second inning.
By then, the Mets had a 3-1 lead, courtesy of Brett Baty ’s three-run homer in the bottom of the first, his first of the season.
The lineup scored three unearned runs off Minnesota’s Joe Ryan in the second and Tobias Myers settled the game down with 2 ¹/₃ solid innings in relief of Scott — who will likely stay in the rotation because the entire staff is in tatters.
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David Peterson , banished to the pen after three consecutive poor outings, was solid, allowing just one run in 3 ¹/₃ innings.
But Craig Kimbrel struggled before Brazobán gave up the game-tying homer to Jeffers.
The Mets recovered in the bottom of the inning.
It started with a Baty leadoff single, a sacrifice bunt by Tyrone Taylor and a single from Marcus Semien .
Ronny Mauricio popped out to center and Tommy Pham — pinch hitting for Carson Benge — drew a walk before Bichette just missed a grand slam of his own, with the ball hitting near the top of the wall.
The drama was only building.
Brazobán jogged back onto the field to start the ninth and crossed the foul line, mistakenly believing he was still in the game, while Williams was coming in from the bullpen.
Brazobán had to face a batter and recorded the first out before Williams entered and struck out Luke Keaschall then struggled again.
Williams gave up a single to Brooks Lee , who took second on defensive indifference and scored on Tristan Gray ’s base hit.
Mets killer Byron Buxton then ripped a double to left to send Gray to third.
Williams recovered and struck out Trevor Larnach to end it.
As they try to put the franchise’s longest skid since 2002 behind them, and deal with the indefinite loss of Lindor, the Mets managed to knock Joe Ryan around for seven runs — four earned in five innings.
The victory gave the Mets their first series win since they took three out of four from the Giants nearly three weeks ago. Now they have the Rockies and Nationals coming into Citi Field.
“Winning games in the big leagues is really hard,” Bichette said. “Good teams fight, no matter the ebbs and flows.”
Despite the win — which the Mets will take any way they come these days — the return of Scott was discouraging.
The 26-year-old right-hander had pitched well in his previous two starts with Triple-A Syracuse, but had no command Thursday.
And while they managed to hold on to beat the Twins, the bullpen is a bit of a mess, as they try to keep Peterson and Sean Manaea stretched out to be options in the rotation — as well as Myers — but they need them to get innings in relief.
“They’ve been saving us,’’ Mendoza said of the trio.
How long that can continue is anyone’s guess, but Thursday, they survived another day.
