Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Jeff McNeil and the New York Mets have not had the season they imagined, but sometimes, you've got to take what's given to you.
McNeil did just that with his Little League inside-the-park home run on Saturday night in Boston against the Red Sox. With two men in scoring position down 2-0 in the top of the fourth, the defending NL batting champion came to the dish and did his job, hitting a line drive up the middle. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Jeff McNeil of the New York Mets smiles as he rounds third base and scores on a two-RBI single against the Red Sox at Fenway Park on July 22, 2023, in Boston. (Winslow Townson/Getty Images) One run scored, and around third came Pete Alonso – there might have been a bang-bang play at the plate for the tying run, but Red Sox catcher Jorge Alfaro saw McNeil bolting for second.
So he gave up on Alonso and let him score rather easily, and instead tried to gun down McNeil. But his throw airmailed just about everybody – it flew into the outfield and rolled past center fielder Jarren Duran, leaving McNeil to run freely.
McNeil wound up scoring himself standing up, and the Mets suddenly had a lead. "I don't hit a lot of regular homers, so it was a little bit different.