The Mets have become so adept at this walk-off thing that they now understand, down to the moment, exactly what to expect. So, shortly after Francisco Lindor hit a walk-off sacrifice fly Monday to giv

Juan Soto’s sacrifice fly tied the game in the eighth and Francisco Lindor’s walk-off sacrifice fly won it in the ninth.

"His stuff has ticked up this year, which is part of the reason he’s attractive to us and had good results in Triple-A," manager Will Venable said. "We’re lucky to have him."

But against Chicago’s Jonathan Cannon, the Mets launched a surprise attack immediately and held on from there. The Mets came out ready to swing and did the bulk of their damage with an eyeblink of a two-homer,