Josh Satin singled home two runs in the ninth inning to lift the Mets to a 5-4 win. It was Satin’s first career walk-off hit and the Mets’ 10th walk-off win this season.
Satin drove in a career-best three runs and finished with two hits and is now batting .300 (45-150) as a starter this season.
“That’s one of the moments you kind of dream about, especially me, a guy that’s been in the minor leagues for most of the last five years,” Satin said after the game.
“When you’re hitting batting practice in the offseason and you’re trying to take a good swing, you say, ‘Bases loaded, two outs, in the ninth inning, down by one.’ So coming through like that, it’s an incredible feeling.”
He is so right about that, I remember saying those exact words either to myself or out loud when I was in the cage or at bating practice when I was in high school. Heck, I even said it playing stick ball at the schoolyard at P.S. 204 in Brooklyn.
Terry Collins later said the ninth inning comeback was what the Mets hitting approach is all about – stringing together good at-bats.
“If there’s ever gonna be an inning, that typifies what we’re trying to do here and what we’re trying to preach here offensively, it was the ninth inning,” Terry Collins said. “We just put one good at-bat after another after another, and that’s exactly what we’re trying to do.”
It’s great to see Satin performing as he has this season and taking advantage of every start and pinch-hitting appearance he gets.
I love that he’s showing that he’s not a dead out against righthanded pitching and does deserve more playing time to see exactly what we have here. He already deserves to play against all lefthanded pitchers next season as part of a platoon at first. There’s talk that Satin will play some left field either in Winter Ball or in Spring Training which will open up more opportunities to play.
I always looked at Satin as one of the best performing hitters in the Mets system over the last three years and it’s unfortunate he was blocked by both David Wright and Ike Davis. He wouldn’t get his chance until his age 28 season, but he holds no grudges and told us he was just happy to be here when we spoke to him.
Satin has put up some eye-popping numbers during his six years in the minors that included a career .399 on-base and .863 OPS.
His .465 slugging shows that his OPS wasn’t all just walks as Satin had what I call Keith Hernandez power and in a full season could hit 10-15 homers and 30+ doubles while batting .300.
He’s not a late bloomer… Just a good soldier who did his job and kept his mouth shut and waited for his golden opportunity. Last night was a great reward for his patience.
Hail Satin!
