Mets' bats come to life in 10th, rally to open series with 3-1 win over Diamondbacks

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The Mets came alive late to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 in extra innings on Friday night at Chase Field.

Here are some takeaways...

- Nolan McLean was a bit shaky, but he rebounded nicely following his shortest outing of his career. The crafty right-hander was hurt by a solo homer leading off the bottom of the second, but was otherwise solid, holding Arizona to a walk and two other hits across six innings of work. 

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McLean struck out six batters on the night, including two in a strong final frame. 

- Unfortunately for McLean, the Mets' offense couldn't get much of anything going against Ryne Nelson for the second time this season. Mark Vientos' solo homer in the top of the second was their lone tally on the board, which the righty followed by giving up a leadoff single in the third, then retiring the next 14 Mets he faced.

A Carson Benge two out walk in the seventh ended that stretch and chased Nelson from the game. 

- Vientos' homer continued a positive stretch at the plate for the slugging infielder after his dreadful spring training and start to the season. The blast that left the bat at a whopping 104 mph and traveled 401 feet was his fifth on the year and gave him seven RBI since the calendar flipped to May. 

- Luis Torrens had a bit of a scare in the bottom of the seventh, as he took a 97.1 mph Jose Fernandez foul ball directly off the bottom of his catchers mask. The veteran backstop was visibly shaken up as he was checked out by the Mets' trainer, but he was able to remain in the ballgame.

- Back in Arizona, an amped up Luke Weaver easily retired the first two batters he faced. The right-hander allowed the next three batters to reach, loading the bases with two walks and a hit, but he was able to get Geraldo Perdomo to roll over to first to escape the jam with the game still even. 

- Brooks Raley gave up a two-out pinch-hit single to Arizona top prospect Ryan Waldschmidt in his first career at-bat, but then was helped out by a terrific diving stop by Marcus Semien and Vientos scoop at first to end a scoreless eighth. 

- Devin Williams made quick work of the D-backs in the bottom of the ninth, then the Mets' bats wasted no time cashing in the ghost runner in the 10th. Vientos laced a first-pitch double to bring in the go-ahead run, then Carson Benge followed that with a run-scoring ground-rule double of his own. 

- New York wasted a first-and-third with no out opportunity to cash in more, but Tobias Myers was able to come on and needed just 10 pitches to lock down the first save of his career. 

- The Mets improved to 5-2 through seven games of their nine-game road trip.

Game MVP: Mark Vientos

The red-hot slugger accounted for the majority of New York's offense. 

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Clay Holmes looks to continue his phenomenal start to the season as he faces off with Merrill Kelly on Saturday at 7:15 p.m.

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