Mets continue slide with extra-inning loss to Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Vic Black's return to PNC Park won't top his list of career highlights with the Mets.

The fire-balling reliever, acquired last September from the Pirates as part of the deal for Marlon Byrd and John Buck, couldn't get the final out in the 11th inning Friday night, sending the Mets to their third straight loss, 3-2, in front of 37,952.

Josh Harrison's two-out, RBI double against Black ended it, on a night the Mets' bats went into hibernation after the fifth inning.

Jenrry Mejia's brilliance in the 10th inning kept the Mets alive, after they appeared finished.

Mejia escaped a second-and-third jam with nobody out, striking out two in the process.

Before his heroics, Harrison was the loose squirrel on the field in the 10th inning who guaranteed the Mets' infamy on the blooper reels.

Gregory Polanco hit a chopper that Mejia grabbed, forcing Harrison into a rundown between second and third. But Harrison, ducking and weaving, first avoided Eric Campbell's tag attempt. The last line of defense was Ruben Tejada, who took Campbell's toss and missed Harrison, who lunged onto the infield grass but was not ruled out of the basepaths.

The inning began with a defensive miscue, as Campbell — starting at third base in place of David Wright (headed to New York for an MRI exam on his sore left shoulder) — booted Harrison's grounder. Harrison was generously awarded a single.

Mejia sent the game to extra innings by getting three straight outs after allowing a leadoff single to Russell Martin in the ninth. Mejia, working for the first time in six days, struck out Gaby

Sanchez and Jordy Mercer in succession to end the threat.

Bobby Abreu was retired with the go-ahead run at third base in the ninth — killing the Mets' final chance to take the lead in regulation. Mark Melancon had allowed singles in the inning to Campbell and Travis d'Arnaud, giving the Mets their first legitimate threat since the fifth.

Andrew McCutchen elicited the chant "MVP" from the sellout crowd in the eighth by racing to the fence in right-center and robbing Curtis Granderson of a potential leadoff double.

Jacob deGrom gave the Mets a second straight strong performance, lasting 6²/₃ innings in which he allowed two earned runs on five hits, three walks and a hit batsman. The rookie was coming off a dominant start in Miami, where he fired seven shutout innings for his first major league victory.

Josh Edgin recorded a big out in the seventh, when he retired Polanco with the go-ahead run at second base. The lefty Edgin has retired all 20 first batters he has faced in 2014, a franchise record by a reliever to begin a season.

Mercer's two-run single in the fourth tied the game at 2-2 after deGrom had loaded the bases with two outs. Martin's infield single — Lucas Duda smothered the ball but couldn't recover in time to make the play — put runners on first and second before Pedro Alvarez walked to load the bases.

McCutchen's single started the rally.

Duda's two-run single earlier in the inning gave the Mets a lead. For Duda it was the continuation of a breakout month. He entered on a 20-for-69 (.290) clip that included five homers and 15 RBIs.

Daniel Murphy's double put runners on second and third for Duda, who increased his RBI total to 41.

Brandon Cumpton pitched seven innings for the Pirates and allowed two earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts and a walk.

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