Brett Baty hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the New York Mets held off the punchless Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Tuesday night. Brandon Nimmo had an early RBI double off hard-luck loser Mitch Keller for the NL East-leading Mets (28-15),

But every so often, a player like Brett Baty gets to rewrite the narrative in real time—under the unforgiving lights of Citi Field, no less. Tuesday night, the 25-year-old third baseman stepped to the plate in the seventh inning of a low-scoring affair and sent a fastball into the Queens night sky.