Mets lost on a 75% chance of a game-saving catch for an out
This ball has to be caught.
Mets lost on a 75% chance of a game-saving catch for an out originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Mets , by the numbers, should've made it at least another inning.
But when Masyn Winn blooped a ball into right field, in front of a diving Carson Benge, Wednesday's game was over. The St. Louis Cardinals had walked-off the Mets, 2-1.
Benge had the odds in his favor of catching the ball, though. Statcast said that the blooper had a 75% catch probability . That's based on fielder positioning and historical data.
More often than not, this is an out. With two outs in the inning, it would've sent the game to the 12th. This is how the play looked: A #walkoff Winn!