SEATTLE -- Say what you will about the 2026 Mets, but one thing is unequivocally true: No one has played more free baseball than them.
Nine innings have frequently just not been enough for the Mets, who played their 12th extra-inning game of the year Monday night at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. That not only leads the league, but it’s three more than any other team. A full 20 percent of their games have gone to extras.
The Mets lost their latest overtime affair, 3-2, on a Cole Young walk-off single against A.J. Minter in the 10th. But generally, they’ve been pretty good in extras, going 7-5 in those games overall.
The first four hits of Monday’s game were all solo homers, with Jared Young and Marcus Semien going deep for the Mets, and Colt Emerson and Josh Naylor doing the deed for the Mariners. That created a deadlock until the 10th, when the Mets went down in order against Gabe Speier. In the bottom of the inning, automatic runner Randy Arozarena stole third base with one out, allowing him to score easily on Young’s walk-off.