‘Resilient’ Carson Benge shakes off early error, delivers for Mets with walk-off hit

It isn’t about how you start, it’s about how you finish. Carson Benge showed that to the highest degree on Wednesday night , as he shook off a couple of rough moments early to deliver the Mets the game-winning hit late. The first came just two batters into the game, as he misplayed a drifting liner in right that should’ve been a routine flyout, but instead led to a double and two runs on Christian Scott ’s line.

“I missed it,” he said postgame. “I should’ve got it. ” The second was in the bottom of the seventh, as he was gunned down trying to sneak home on a double-steal play a couple of pitches after Bo Bichette looped a game-tying single into shallow right.

“They just executed and played catch,” Carlos Mendoza said on the play. “I feel like we could’ve gotten a bigger lead and it looks like Benge broke back at the release -- just another learning experience there. “Our coaches went up to him after and said hey you’re going to get another big at-bat, just move on to the next play.

” And that’s exactly what the 23-year-old did, as he was calm and collected as he stepped to the plate in the top of the 10th and lifted the second pitch he saw right back up the middle for his first career walk-off hit. “It’s just about trying to stay where you are and not letting the moment get too big,” Benge said. “You treat it like every at-bat -- you’re always trying to hit the ball hard, have a quality AB, and that’s all I was trying to do in that situation.