Mets 6, Diamondbacks 4
Jason Bay hit his first home run in nearly 10 months, leading the resurgent New York Mets to a 6-4 win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday afternoon.
Bay went 2-for-4 and finished with three RBIs for New York (8-13), which won its third straight game since the slugger debuted following a rib injury in spring training. Bay's third-inning solo shot off Barry Enright (0-2) was his first since June 28.
Bay's presence alone has awoken a once slumping lineup, as the Mets produced a season-high 15 hits after an 81-minute rain delay against the Diamondbacks (8-11). Twelve of those, including Ike Davis’ third home run in as many games, came off Enright, who allowed five earned runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Dillon Gee (2-0) allowed four runs – two earned – on five hits with five strikeouts in six innings for New York.
Arizona went up 1-0 in the first on a Justin Upton RBI triple and tied the game 4-4 in the top of the sixth off a Miguel Montero solo home run. Daniel Murphy answered for the Mets in the bottom half of the inning, singling home pinch-runner Justin Turner with the go-ahead run.
Murphy added a run-scoring single in the eighth while the Mets bullpen held the lead, capped by Francisco Rodriguez’s fourth save.