Vientos’ double in 10th lifts Mets past Diamondbacks 3‑1

PHOENIX (Interstat) — Mark Vientos led off the 10th inning with a tiebreaking double and earlier hit a solo homer as the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Friday night at Chase Field.

The Mets (15-23) have won four of five and improved to 5-2 on a nine-game trip. Vientos doubled down the left-field line on the first pitch from Kevin Ginkel (1-2) to score automatic runner Brett Baty. Carson Benge followed with an RBI double for a 3-1 lead.

Both teams had five hits. The game was scoreless after the first inning. New York took a 1-0 lead in the second on Vientos’ homer. Arizona tied it in the bottom half on a run-scoring play off starter Nolan McLean, who allowed one earned run over six innings with six strikeouts.

Devin Williams (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win. Tobias Myers earned his first save with a perfect 10th, striking out two. Arizona’s Ryne Nelson gave up one earned run in 6 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts.

The game lasted 2 hours, 44 minutes before an announced crowd of 30,599.