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Carson Benge delivered his most complete game as a Met, highlighted by a spectacular diving catch. This performance marks a significant moment in his career with the team.
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Carson Benge is looking more and more comfortable at the big-league level with each passing day, and on Sunday afternoon he put together easily his most complete showing to this point.
The youngster helped the Mets on both sides of the ball as they defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 to secure their first series win in nearly a month.
Benge pieced together tremendous at-bats each of his first two times up, walking on six pitches in the top of the third and then eight pitches in the fourth.
The second one proved to be a big one, as the Mets took the lead just two pitches later when Mark Vientos crushed his first two-run homer of the day.
Benge grounded out in the sixth but was able to do some damage of his own in the eighth, lining an RBI double down the right-field line to give New York an insurance run.
Vientos followed that again with a two-run shot, putting this one away for good.
The 23-year-old wasn’t done there, though, as he made the best catch of his career to this point to rob Vaughn Grissom of extra-bases in the bottom of the ninth.
Benge raced over to the right-field line before laying out to somehow make the play.
"I was kind of surprised to tell you the least," Benge said. "If I see a ball that I think I can get to, I'm going to go after it -- I'm just glad that I was able to come down with that one there."
"If that ball falls that's a completely different inning," Carlos Mendoza added.
This is just the latest of what’s been a string of strong performances from the former first-round pick as he continues finding his footing at the big-league level.
He's now hitting .290 with three XBH’s, four RBI, and a .333 OBP over his last 10 games.
“It just feels like a juiced baseball game now," Benge said. "It kind of took me a while to get my feet settled and different things like that, but now I feel like I’m finding my groove and getting comfortable out there."
"He can play," Mendoza added.
Carson Benge had his most complete game as a Met, featuring a spectacular diving catch.
This performance is considered a significant milestone in Carson Benge's career with the Mets.
The highlight of Carson Benge's game was a spectacular diving catch.
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