PHOENIX -- Chris Herrmann and the Diamondbacks made it another long day for the sinking New York Mets.
Herrmann homered off Rafael Montero leading off the 11th inning, giving the Diamondbacks a 5-4 victory on Wednesday and sending the Mets to their season-high seventh straight loss.
New York went 0-6 in Milwaukee and Arizona, the Mets' longest winless trip since 1999, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. At 16-23, New York dropped seven games under .500 for the first time September 2014. And Matt Harvey's winless streak stretched to six starts since April 11.
"It's very easy to unravel right now," New York manager Terry Collins said. "I will not let that happen here. We are not going to do that. We are going to stay together, play together. I will not let this team get down."
Montero (0-3) relieved to start the 11th, and Herrmann worked the count full, fouled off a pitch and connected on a belt-high fastball for his first game-ending home run in the major leagues.
"It's awesome, man," Herrmann said. "I haven't hit very many homers in my career. I hit a grand slam, but I don't think there's anything that compares to hitting a walk-off home run. It's something you dream about when you're a little kid, when I'm 6 years old playing out in the cul de sac hitting tennis balls."
As a catcher, Herrmann is no fan of extra innings.
"You get tired behind the plate, and my knees were starting to hurt a little bit," he said.
Herrmman's teammates doused him with a Gatoraid container of ice and water at the plate.
"To be honest, I didn't even feel it," Herrmann said.
Arizona finished its homestand 6-3 and is a major league-best 18-8 at home.
Tom Wilhelmsen (1-1) walked Matt Reynolds and Lucas Duda with two outs in the 11th before throwing a called third strike past Jose Reyes. Wilhelmsen gave up the tiebreaking home run in a 10-inning loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Making his second start since a three-day suspension for failing to show up for a game, Harvey allowed three runs, six hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. He left with a 4-3 lead.
"Obviously, if I could go back and change a couple pitches I would," he said. "But overall I felt much better today. Probably the best I've felt in two years. Definitely a positive."
Collins said he "saw some bright things in Matt Harvey today."
Mets starters have gone 17 consecutive games without getting an out in the seventh inning, tying the club high set in 2002.
Jake Lamb's two-run homer in the third was the 11th home run in eight starts this season off Harvey, whose fastball reached 98 mph. After giving up a double to Paul Goldschmidt, Harvey struck out the Arizona slugger twice, on three pitches each time.
Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings, and five pitchers combined for two-hit relief. The bullpen, an uncertainty entering the season, has been a strength.
"They've been huge pretty much all year," Corbin said. "Our offense is going to score eventually, so if they keep doing that we're going to win a lot of these games."
First-year manager Torey Lovullo said "the thing that stands out to me is they are one big unit, one cohesive unit that prides themselves on picking up one another."
Michael Conforto and Juan Lagares homered for the Mets. New York led 4-3 before Yasmany Tomas' RBI double in the seventh off Robert Gsellman, whose turn is being skipped in the rotation because of an off day.
"At that point, we felt very good about our chances," Lovullo said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: LHP Steven Matz was to make his first rehab appearance Thursday night for Class A St. Lucie. Matz has been on the DL all season with left elbow inflammation.
Diamondbacks: RF David Peralta was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game with right glute tightness but pinch hit for Corbin in the sixth and grounded into a forceout.
UP NEXT
Mets: New York opens a home series against the Angels on Friday with RHP Jacob deGrom (2-1, 4.07 ERA) starting. RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-2, 4.34) opens for Los Angeless.
Diamondbacks: RHP Taijuan Walker (3-3, 3.91) start's Friday's trip opener at San Diego, and RHP Jered Weaver (0-4, 6.05) is scheduled for the Padres.
New York Mets
Herrmann homered off Rafael Montero leading off the 11th inning, giving the Diamondbacks a 5-4 victory on Wednesday and sending the Mets to their season-high seventh straight loss.
New York went 0-6 in Milwaukee and Arizona, the Mets' longest winless trip since 1999, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. At 16-23, New York dropped seven games under .500 for the first time September 2014. And Matt Harvey's winless streak stretched to six starts since April 11.
"It's very easy to unravel right now," New York manager Terry Collins said. "I will not let that happen here. We are not going to do that. We are going to stay together, play together. I will not let this team get down."
Montero (0-3) relieved to start the 11th, and Herrmann worked the count full, fouled off a pitch and connected on a belt-high fastball for his first game-ending home run in the major leagues.
"It's awesome, man," Herrmann said. "I haven't hit very many homers in my career. I hit a grand slam, but I don't think there's anything that compares to hitting a walk-off home run. It's something you dream about when you're a little kid, when I'm 6 years old playing out in the cul de sac hitting tennis balls."
As a catcher, Herrmann is no fan of extra innings.
"You get tired behind the plate, and my knees were starting to hurt a little bit," he said.
Herrmman's teammates doused him with a Gatoraid container of ice and water at the plate.
"To be honest, I didn't even feel it," Herrmann said.
Arizona finished its homestand 6-3 and is a major league-best 18-8 at home.
Tom Wilhelmsen (1-1) walked Matt Reynolds and Lucas Duda with two outs in the 11th before throwing a called third strike past Jose Reyes. Wilhelmsen gave up the tiebreaking home run in a 10-inning loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Making his second start since a three-day suspension for failing to show up for a game, Harvey allowed three runs, six hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. He left with a 4-3 lead.
"Obviously, if I could go back and change a couple pitches I would," he said. "But overall I felt much better today. Probably the best I've felt in two years. Definitely a positive."
Collins said he "saw some bright things in Matt Harvey today."
Mets starters have gone 17 consecutive games without getting an out in the seventh inning, tying the club high set in 2002.
Jake Lamb's two-run homer in the third was the 11th home run in eight starts this season off Harvey, whose fastball reached 98 mph. After giving up a double to Paul Goldschmidt, Harvey struck out the Arizona slugger twice, on three pitches each time.
Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings, and five pitchers combined for two-hit relief. The bullpen, an uncertainty entering the season, has been a strength.
"They've been huge pretty much all year," Corbin said. "Our offense is going to score eventually, so if they keep doing that we're going to win a lot of these games."
First-year manager Torey Lovullo said "the thing that stands out to me is they are one big unit, one cohesive unit that prides themselves on picking up one another."
Michael Conforto and Juan Lagares homered for the Mets. New York led 4-3 before Yasmany Tomas' RBI double in the seventh off Robert Gsellman, whose turn is being skipped in the rotation because of an off day.
"At that point, we felt very good about our chances," Lovullo said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: LHP Steven Matz was to make his first rehab appearance Thursday night for Class A St. Lucie. Matz has been on the DL all season with left elbow inflammation.
Diamondbacks: RF David Peralta was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game with right glute tightness but pinch hit for Corbin in the sixth and grounded into a forceout.
UP NEXT
Mets: New York opens a home series against the Angels on Friday with RHP Jacob deGrom (2-1, 4.07 ERA) starting. RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-2, 4.34) opens for Los Angeless.
Diamondbacks: RHP Taijuan Walker (3-3, 3.91) start's Friday's trip opener at San Diego, and RHP Jered Weaver (0-4, 6.05) is scheduled for the Padres.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Reyes doubled to right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Conforto homered to left (364 feet), Reyes scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Flores singled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Bruce flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| T.J. Rivera grounded out to pitcher, Flores to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Flores to third on wild pitch by Corbin. | 2 | 0 |
| Plawecki struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| R Fuentes tripled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Owings grounded out to second, R Fuentes scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt hit a ground rule double to deep right. | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb walked. | 2 | 1 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Drury grounded into fielder's choice to third, Lamb out at second. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Lagares struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Reynolds reached on infield single to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Harvey struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Herrmann doubled to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Ahmed flied out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| Corbin struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| R Fuentes grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Conforto struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Flores singled to center. | 2 | 1 |
| Bruce struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| T.J. Rivera flied out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Owings singled to left center. | 2 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb homered to left center (375 feet), Owings scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Tomás lined out to right. | 2 | 3 |
| Drury flied out to center. | 2 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Plawecki lined out to first. | 2 | 3 |
| Lagares homered to left center (407 feet). | 3 | 3 |
| Reynolds walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Harvey grounded out to shortstop, Reynolds to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Reyes doubled to left, Reynolds scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Conforto flied out to center. | 4 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Herrmann walked. | 4 | 3 |
| Herrmann to second on wild pitch by Harvey. | 4 | 3 |
| Ahmed grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Corbin walked. | 4 | 3 |
| R Fuentes struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Owings grounded out to second. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Flores singled to center. | 4 | 3 |
| Bruce grounded into double play, shortstop to third to first, Flores out at second. | 4 | 3 |
| T.J. Rivera popped out to second. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Lamb walked. | 4 | 3 |
| Tomás flied out to right. | 4 | 3 |
| Drury grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Lamb out at second. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Plawecki grounded out to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Lagares grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 3 |
| Reynolds struck out looking. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Herrmann grounded out to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Ahmed singled to right. | 4 | 3 |
| Peralta hit for Corbin. | 4 | 3 |
| Edgin relieved Harvey. | 4 | 3 |
| Peralta grounded into fielder's choice to third, Ahmed out at second. | 4 | 3 |
| Fuentes bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Chafin relieved Corbin. | 4 | 3 |
| Walker hit for Edgin. | 4 | 3 |
| Walker struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Reyes grounded out to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Conforto struck out looking. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Robert Gsellman pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Gsellman relieved Edgin. | 4 | 3 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 4 | 3 |
| Lamb lined out to center. | 4 | 3 |
| Tomás doubled to deep center, Goldschmidt scored. | 4 | 4 |
| Blanco ran for Tomás. | 4 | 4 |
| Drury fouled out to catcher. | 4 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Blanco in left field. | 4 | 4 |
| Flores struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Bruce singled to right. | 4 | 4 |
| Hoover relieved Chafin. | 4 | 4 |
| T.J. Rivera flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Plawecki walked, Bruce to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Lagares grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jerry Blevins pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Blevins relieved Gsellman. | 4 | 4 |
| Herrmann struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Ahmed grounded out to third. | 4 | 4 |
| Descalso hit for Hoover. | 4 | 4 |
| Descalso flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Rodney pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Rodney relieved Hoover. | 4 | 4 |
| Reynolds grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| Granderson hit for Blevins. | 4 | 4 |
| Granderson singled to right. | 4 | 4 |
| Reyes flied out to left. | 4 | 4 |
| Granderson stole second. | 4 | 4 |
| Conforto grounded out to second. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Reed relieved Blevins. | 4 | 4 |
| Fuentes flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Owings flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| De La Rosa relieved Rodney. | 4 | 4 |
| Flores grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 4 |
| Bruce flied out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| T.J. Rivera grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Lamb flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Blanco flied out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 11th | SCORE | |
| Tom Wilhelmsen pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Wilhelmsen relieved De La Rosa. | 4 | 4 |
| Plawecki grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| Lagares flied out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| Reynolds walked. | 4 | 4 |
| Duda hit for Reed. | 4 | 4 |
| Duda walked, Reynolds to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Reyes struck out looking. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | |
| Rafael Montero pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Montero relieved Reed. | 4 | 4 |
| Herrmann homered to center (449 feet). | 4 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
New York Mets
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes SS | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .194 | .271 | .324 |
| Conforto LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .310 | .393 | .638 |
| Flores 2B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .282 | .301 | .451 |
| Bruce RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .259 | .339 | .524 |
| T.J. Rivera 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .268 | .341 | .415 |
| Plawecki C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | .150 | .250 | .200 |
| Lagares CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .208 | .296 | .313 |
| Reynolds 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | .154 | .267 | .154 |
| Harvey P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Edgin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Walker PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .255 | .329 | .428 |
Gsellman P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 |
Blevins P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Granderson PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .159 | .228 | .303 |
Reed P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-Duda PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .220 | .361 | .475 |
Montero P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 42 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 186 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for J Edgin in the 7th b-singled to right for J Blevins in the 9th c-walked for A Reed in the 11th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Reyes 2 (7, Corbin 2) HR: Conforto (10, 1st inning off Corbin 1 on, 0 Out); Lagares (1, 4th inning off Corbin 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Conforto 2 (26), Lagares (2), Reyes (13) 2-out RBI: Reyes GIDP: Bruce Mets RISP: 2-7 (Plawecki 0-1, Conforto 1-3, Reyes 1-2, Lagares 0-1) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Granderson (1, 2nd base off Rodney/Herrmann) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 19,842 (40.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:30 |
| Weather | 77 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Nic Lentz, First Base - Pat Hoberg, Second Base - Rob Drake, Third Base - Mark Wegner |
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