San Diego Padres vs New York Mets Box Score on May 24, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 24, 2017

NEW YORK -- Hunter Renfroe hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the eighth inning Wednesday night to cap a big comeback by the San Diego Padres, who went on to defeat the New York Mets 6-5 at Citi Field.

The win was only the second in the last eight games for the Padres (17-31). The Mets (19-25) have lost nine of 12.

The Padres trailed 5-1 after four innings before chipping away against Mets starter Robert Gsellman in the fifth, when Yangervis Solarte laced a two-run single, and completing the comeback against a quartet of relievers in the seventh and eighth.

Mets right-hander Fernando Salas retired the first two batters of the seventh before giving up a single to pinch-hitter Chase d'Arnaud and walking Matt Szczur and Solarte. Wil Myers then smoked a two-run single off the center field wall -- he missed a grand slam by a couple feet -- off right-hander Neil Ramirez.

Left-hander Josh Edgin got the final out of the seventh, but Renfroe greeted Josh Smoker (0-2) with a home run deep into the second deck in left.

The four-run comeback tied the biggest of the season for San Diego, which trailed 4-0 in an 8-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 26.

Ryan Buchter (3-2), the fourth of six Padres pitchers, earned the win with a scoreless seventh. Brad Hand got into and worked out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the ninth to notch his first save.

Solarte finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs while Myers, Allen Cordoba and Luis Torrens each had two hits apiece.

The Mets scored four runs in the third, when Wilmer Flores hit a three-run double and Curtis Granderson followed with an RBI single. Michael Conforto added an RBI single in the fourth.

Gsellman allowed three runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings. Padres starter Jarred Cosart gave up four runs on four hits and four walks while striking out one over 2 2/3 innings.

The Padres took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, when Torrens singled, went to second on Cosart's bunt, advanced to third on a groundout by Manuel Margot and scored on Solarte's single.

The Mets chased Cosart during a laborious third in which he walked the bases loaded before Flores laced a two-out, three-run double to left field. Granderson ended Cosart's night by following with an RBI single.

The Mets extended the lead to 5-2 in the fourth when Juan Lagares led off with a double and scored on Conforto's one-out single.

The Padres cut the gap in half in the fifth, when Torrens doubled with one out and Matt Szczur drew a two-out walk before Solarte delivered a two-run double.

NOTES: The Mets activated C Travis d'Arnaud from the 10-day disabled list and placed LHP Tommy Milone (sprained left knee) on the 10-day disabled list, retroactive to Monday. ... The Padres will promote RHP Dinelson Lamet from Triple-A El Paso to start Thursday's series finale. It will be the major league debut for Lamet, who was at Citi Field Wednesday.