New York Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores has run the gamut of emotions in a two-day span, crying on the field Wednesday after he thought he had been traded before turning those tears to thunderous cheers 48 hours later. He held the Nationals scoreless until a game-tying RBI single from Yunel Escobar with two outs in the eighth, which turned out to be his final batter of the night.
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Well, things are going better for him on Friday night.
After sitting out the team’s game Thursday, Flores returned to the field Friday against the division-rival Washington Nationals.
Washington Nationals’ Jayson Werth pulls off his batting helmet after striking out to end the top of the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Friday, July 31, 2015, in New York.
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Flores received multiple ovations throughout the game, starting with his diving stop on a grounder during the first inning and continuing during his first at-bat of the game in the second. Flores belted a walk-off homer in the 12th inning to cap a 2-1 victory for the Mets, who try to make it two straight wins over the visiting Washington Nationals on Saturday. He got another standing ovation after driving in a run in the fourth inning. It was the first game-ending home run for Flores, who has played in the big-leagues since 2013.
