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J.D. Davis | May 21 | 52%
The Tuesday Nats-Mets game was the series’ second, New York having won the opener. But Washington, leading 3-1, was positioned to even the series when J.D. Davis came to bat with two on and two out in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Mets catcher Wilson Ramos had opened the inning by singling off Nats reliever Wander Suero. A strikeout, a passed ball and a walk later, Davis got his chance to hit with the tying runs on base.
Davis took a whack at a first-pitch fastball on the corner but managed only to spoil it. Suero ran the count to 1-2 and then tried to get Davis with a curve. But he hung it and Davis took full advantage, whaling the ball down the right field line for a three-run home run that vaulted New York in front 4-3.
It elevated New York’s chances of winning from just 27 percent to 79 percent.
But this game, too, was hardly over. In the top of the eighth, the Nationals regained the lead with RBI hits by Trea Turner and Juan Soto. In the bottom of the eighth, Pete Alonso homered to tie the game. Finally in the bottom of the night, Armed Rosario broke the tie with a two-RBI walk-off single that drove Adeiny Hechavarria across for the win.