Mets' turnaround from 0-5 start coincides with Bader's emergence from season-opening slump

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Harrison Bader put the Mets ahead in the eighth inning for the second day in a row, hitting a two-run double off an angry Aroldis Chapman that lifted New York over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3. New York has won eight of 11 following an 0-5 start and reached .500 for the first time since last June.

New York MetsHarrison Bader reacts after hitting a double against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. New York MetsHarrison Bader , second from left, scores after Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Henry Davis, right, missed a tag at home plate during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York.

New York overcame a 3-0, sixth-inning deficit and reached .500 for the first time since the Mets were 30-30 before play last June 6. New York has won eight of 11 following an 0-5 start under first-year manager Carlos Mendoza, its reversal of fortune coinciding with Bader’s turnaround. A day after his go-ahead infield single sparked the Mets to a 2-1 win over Kansas City, the 29-year-old Bader came to the plate in the eighth against Aroldis Chapman, his old New York Yankees teammate.

“I knew from center field he has really good stuff,” Bader said. “I was just trying to take a short swing to the ball.”

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