Mets come through late, beat Tigers in extra innings on Carson Benge's first walk-off hit

Detroit worked Scott's count up to 44 through two innings, putting two more runners in scoring position before stranding them. He finally put together a quick inning, using a strikeout and his first groundball double-play of the season to work around another leadoff hit in the third.

A single and hit-by-pitch prolonged another inning on Scott, but he was able to get Kevin McGonigle to rollover to escape without further damage. Already at 80 pitches, Carlos Mendoza pushed the righty for a chance to get through five, but he pulled him after Greene dropped in a two out opposite-field single.

Huascar Brazoban needed just two pitches before getting a lineout, closing Scott's line with just the two runs allowed on seven hits and a pair of walks while striking out five across 4.2 innings. The 26-year-old extended his franchise record, now going 13 starts without his first big-league win.

• After breaking through for 10 runs on Tuesday, the Mets' offense couldn't deliver against a well-rested Framber Valdez in his return from suspension. They had plenty of opportunities in the early innings, but were only able to scratch across one run on a fielders choice, going 0-for-6 as a team with runners in scoring position over the first six.

• Bo Bichette wasted two of those chances against Valdez over his first three at-bats of the night, bringing him down to .189 on the season with RISP. He rolled over to first on a 1-0 pitch with runners on the corners and nobody out in the third, then weakly flew out to shallow center with a man on third and two outs in the fifth.

Bichette finally delivered with Valdez out in the seventh, though, evening the game with a bloop single to right.

• The Mets took another big blow to their lineup, as Juan Soto was lifted for a pinch-hitter following Bichette's knock. Soto went down in significant pain after fouling a ball off his right ankle in the third, but was able to complete the at-bat and took his next in the sixth before being pulled.

• The Mets' bullpen was terrific behind Scott. Brazoban delivered 2.1 perfect innings, Luke Weaver struck out Spencer Torkelson to dance his way out of a jam in the eighth, then Devin Williams was able to work around a two-out walk and stolen base to keep things even in the ninth, and Brooks Raley escaped the 10th without the ghost runner moving.

• The Mets' youngsters then combined to send them home victorious, as Benge rolled a single up the middle with one out in the top of the tenth to drive home A.J. Ewing as the ghost runner. Benge made up for his first inning error, coming through with three hits, the last of which was the biggest.

Game MVP: Carson Benge

The youngster shook off his first inning error, delivering the game-winning hit in the 10th.

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What's next

Nolan McLean faces off with Keider Montero as the Mets look to lock up the series sweep on Thursday at 1:10 p.m.