Mets beat Twins with Mark Vientos' go-ahead single, snap 12-game losing streak

NEW YORK — Just when the Mets thought they were out of the woods with Juan Soto‘s calf injury, down went Francisco Lindor with one. Yet somehow, despite losing a key leader and some poor plays on the bases, the Mets managed to snap their 12-game losing streak.

In the bottom of the eighth, Mark Vientos made up for an earlier miscue with the go-ahead RBI single. The Mets edged the Minnesota Twins, 3-2, to put an end to the franchise’s worst losing streak since 2002.

With two out and runners on first and second, Vientos dropped a single into shallow right field to score Brett Baty from second base, breaking a 2-2 tie. Justin Topa’s sinker flared off the end of the bat, landing right in between converging defenders.

Luke Weaver earned the win (2-0) with 1 1/3 innings of relief.

Producers wouldn’t even script a month as ridiculous as this one. They would reject it, saying it’s not even remotely realistic. It’s not, but when it comes to the Mets (8-16), the truth is always stranger than fiction.

A sparse crowd showed up on yet another unseasonably cold April night to watch the Mets go up 1-0, then 2-1. The Twins tied the game twice. If it weren’t Bark in the Park, the crowd would have been even more sparse, but in this instance, the dogs counted as patrons. The Mets heard boos and barks alike.

They deserved the boos in the bottom of the sixth. After Byron Buxton homered off Clay Holmes in the top of the inning to tie the game, the Mets sent four hitters up to face left-hander Kendrys Rojas, with three reaching base. There were two walks and a double, yet still, the Mets were unable to score.

Baty, hitting for Lindor after he left the game with left calf tightness, led off with a walk, only his second in 71 plate appearances this season, and promptly hit into a double play. Vientos then walked and made an ill-advised decision to try to score from first base on a double to left field by .