Ender Inciarte broke a lot of Mets fans hearts by robbing Yoenis Cespedes of a walk-off homer
In the heat of a Wild Card race, every game is huge for the Mets. So when Yoenis Cespdedes stepped to the plate with two on, two out and the team trailing the Braves by one in the bottom of the ninth, it was a crucial at-bat. Swinging on an 0-1 fastball, the Mets' star drove a ball to deep right-center field. Every fan in Queens thought they'd be going home happy, their team a game better in the Wild Card standings.
Unfortunately for the Citi Field faithful,
This was a plenty difficult grab beyond just, you know, making a leaping grab on a screaming liner with the game on the line. Inciarte ran a Statcast™-measured 104 feet to make the snag:
Inciarte robbery of Cespedes:
— Daren Willman (@darenw) September 22, 2016
First step: -0.7 seconds
Route efficiency: 96.2%
Distance covered: 104ft
Wow.... https://t.co/G3V8s16LHv
According to ESPN Stats and Info, Inciarte's robbery is also only the third theft of a game-tying or winning home run in the 9th inning or later this year.
Milwaukee's
And
While the others were plenty nice to watch, they didn't happen in the thick of a postseason race. Which makes Inciarte's catch all the more incredible.