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The New York Mets (9-6) played their final game at the Oakland Coliseum this season on Sunday, April 16, where they  won the third and final game of the series from the Oakland Athletics, 4-3. Oakland (3-12) got swept for the second time this season and the Mets got their first series sweep of the young season courtesy of the extra-innings victory.

Sunday’s starter for the Mets was supposed to be Max Scherzer, but due to back tightness, he had his scheduled start moved back to Wednesday. This is when the Mets take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in that series’ finale. José Butto replaced Scherzer and gave the Mets exactly what they needed, a quality start while only giving up one run.

In the second inning, Tommy Pham opened the scoring with a 401-foot solo shot to right field for an opposite field home run off Athletics’ starter JP Sears.

Butto’s lone blemish on his pitching line came in the fifth inning when he allowed two consecutive hits to Kevin Smith and Esteury Ruiz. Smith led off the inning with a single to centerfield and then stole second base. Ruiz, now with a runner in scoring position, brought Smith home with a single to center to tie the game up at one.

It was smooth sailing for Sears for a majority of the game as at one point he retired 13 batters in a row. That streak ended when Francisco Lindor came to the plate and put the Mets back in front with a solo home run which brought the score to 2-1.

After two masterful innings in relief from Denyi Reyes, John Curtiss came to try and hold the Mets’ 2-1 lead in the the eighth inning. After walking Jace Peterson, Aledmys Diaz singled to put runners on first and second. Shea Langeliers brought both runners home with a two-run double which gave the Athletics a 3-2 lead. Curtiss would finish the inning and leave the Mets in hope of a rally in the ninth inning.

In some late game heroics, Pete Alonso hit a monstrous 430-foot solo blast to centerfield for his league-leading eighth home run of the season. Alonso has hit four home runs in six career games in Oakland, the long ball also tied him with Dave Kingman for fifth all-time in Mets’ history.

Oakland’s reliever Dany Jiménez then walked the next three batters and was promptly pulled for Sam Moll which halted New York from taking the lead. Eduardo Escobar grounded into a double play to keep the game tied at three entering the bottom of the ninth inning.

Jimmy Yacabonis made his Mets’ debut in the bottom half of the ninth and issued a walk to the leadoff batter, followed by a single. Struggling with his command, Yacabonis struck out Ramon Laureano for the first out of the inning and, thanks to terrific defense from Brandon Nimmo, kept the game tied for New York forcing extra innings.

In the 10th inning, New York took the lead off a wild pitch from Zach Jackson. On what was ball four to Lindor, the ball got away from Langeliers and allowed Escobar, who was the free runner, to score which gave the Mets the lead, 4-3.

David Robertson came in to save the game on consecutive days for the Mets. After hitting the first batter, Robertson settled down and earned his fourth save of the season.

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Players of the Game: Brandon Nimmo

Simply put, if the Mets did not have Brandon Nimmo in centerfield, the Oakland Athletics would have claimed victory. While going 1-for-4 at the plate, with a single and a walk on the day, Nimmo’s two spectacular sliding catches in the bottom of the second and ninth innings, respectively, kept the game in reach,

On Deck:

Next up, the Mets (10-6) travel to Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers (8-8) in a three-game series. David Peterson will start game one (10:10 pm ET first pitch) on Monday for New York and the Dodgers’ probable pitcher is Dustin May (1.47 ERA).