Joey Bart, Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates
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Instead of a tie game and another rocky outing for Dedniel Núñez, the Mets reliever tipped his hat as Nimmo — who also doubled and scored off Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes in the fourth inning — bumped chests with Tyrone Taylor in the outfield to celebrate what manager Carlos Mendoza described as a “hell of a play.”
Brandon Nimmo leaps to rob Joey Bart of a game-tying home run to keep the Mets ahead in the eighth inning vs. the Pirates.
Pete Alonso hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the New York Mets took advantage of a costly error by shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3.
Bart is serving as the designated hitter and batting in the cleanup spot against the Mets on Monday.
From Reuters reports Joey Bart had two hits plus the walk-off fielder’s choice in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday
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Audacy on MSNBuc Notes-Walk-off Bart, Carmen 1st, 11K in AAABucs gave up the lead late but came back to beat the Braves and win a first series this month on a walk-off from Joey Bart & solid starting pitching
Bart went hitless in Friday's game against Atlanta but closed the series 6-for-12 with three RBI, serving as the catcher in all three contests. He has maintained a .291 average and .411 on-base percentage across 124 plate appearances this season, though he has only six extra-base hits.