Mets pull the rabbit out of the hat with furious 8th inning rally to take NLDS opener

 

The Mets couldn't solve Phils starter Zach Wheeler who over the course of seven scoreless innings registered nine strikeouts and one hit allowed.

None of that mattered when the Amazin's climbed out of a 2-0 hole to stack a combined five runs in the eighth inning off relievers Jeff Hoffman and Max Strahm.

Kodi Senga started for the Mets and after a leadoff homer to Kyle Schwarber, silenced the Phillies bats over two innings. David Peterson notched four scoreless innings thereafter.

After a leadoff single by Francisco Alvarez in the eighth, who was pinch run for by Harrison Bader, Lindor walked and Mark Vientos drove home Bader to tie the game at 1-1. 

Brandon Nimmo followed with a single to left field to give the Mets the lead.  Pete Alonso hit a sacrifice fly to score Vientos. J. D. Martinez singled home Nimmo, and Starling Marte's sac fly to give New York a 5-1 advantage.

The Mets tacked on a run in the top of the ninth inning with a Nimmo RBI single and Ryan Stanek allowed one run to score for a 6-2 final. 

New York grabbed the series lead 1-0 in an epic late game comeback that has been the norm for this team in October.