The Mets nearly had their thrilling win Wednesday ruined by a terrible call from the home plate umpire.
On a 3-2 count with nobody out in the top of the eighth inning with the Orioles’ Ramon Urias at the plate, Colton Cowser broke for second base on a steal attempt.
Mets right-hander Jose Butto delivered an 87 mph changeup nearly right down the middle of the plate.
But with catcher Luis Torrens jumping out his squat to throw out the would-be base stealer, home plate umpire Marvin Hudson blew the call, giving Urias the base rather than ringing him up for the first out of the inning.
To make matters worse, Torrens had thrown out Cowser by a mile in what would’ve been a strike ’em out, throw ’em out double-play.
SNY’s broadcast would show a shocked Torrens and Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, who apparently couldn’t believe the pitch was called a ball.
The inning would continue with runners on first and second and nobody out.
Baltimore would end up scoring on a sacrifice fly from Adley Rutschman, knotting up the game at 3 heading into the bottom of the eighth.
The blunder didn’t end up costing the Amazin’s the game.
An inning later, Mets newcomer Jesse Winker would hit a dramatic walk-off home run — the team’s second in three games.
The win moved the Mets to 66-61, 2.0 games back of the Braves for the third and final National League wild card spot.
