Mets broadcasters finally had a chance to call a win, as SNY’s Gary Cohen and radio announcer Howie Rose enthusiastically called the team’s first victory in 15 days to snap a 12-game losing streak.
The longtime Mets broadcasters encompassed how fans of the team felt on Wednesday night as Luke Weaver struck out the Twins’ Byron Buxton for the final out of a 3-2 win at Citi Field.
It marked the first win the Mets have recorded since April 7 and is just the ballclub’s eighth win of the season.
“He struck him out and the ball game is over! And for the first time in more than two weeks, the Mets can shake hands,” Cohen exclaimed on SNY. “That insidious 12-game losing streak has finally come to an end. Mets win it 3-2.”
The relief was palpable from Rose as well.
Rose broke out his signature phrase after Weaver ended the ballgame.
“Swung on and missed, strike three! Put it in the books!” he said. “For the first time in 15 days, the New York Mets have won a baseball game. They have ended their 12-game losing streak, and if this crowd is not exactly jubilant, they are more than simply relieved.”
Wednesday’s win was not without drama for the Metropolitans.
The Mets lost shortstop Francisco Lindor in the middle of the game due to left calf tightness on the same day they got Juan Soto back from a strained right calf.
The Amazin’s let one-run leads slip away in the fourth and sixth innings before driving home the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth.
Mark Vientos blooped a single to right field that scored Brett Baty to put the Mets up 3-2.
With the Phillies’ eighth straight loss on Wednesday, the two 8-16 teams share the National League East basement.