The eleventh inning was rolling around
The opposing offenses were making no sound
Boyer the Brewer was manning the mound
Blaine looked to the plate
As the hour grew late
Asdrubal Cabrera was the hitter he found
Cabrera commenced
To single to right
To all, perhaps
An Asdrubal good night?
Flores was the Met
Seen teeing off next
A double to left
Thus entered the text
Cabrera wasn’t swift enough
To bring the run home
These Mets, they don’t scurry;
They’re more prone to roam
Kelly Johnson, class of 2015
Reappeared as a Met, shipped north for ’16
Every year he alights in our midst an ex-Brave [1]
Would his second debut be a game he could save?
Four balls went to Kelly
To load every base
On deck was a batter
They’d much rather face
Milwaukee preferred Plawecki
As most any sharp ballclub would
Plawecki fouled out in an instant
The kid’s not yet very good
Now stepped in Matt Reynolds —
On the depth chart he ranks twenty-five
Yet it was left to disposable Matthew
To attempt to keep Met hope alive
What occurred to conclude [2]
This long Harvey Day [3]
Is better expressed
If we crib Danny Kaye [4]:
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Reynolds lined to Villar
Villar clanked the liner
The liner dropped
Then Wilmer stopped
Which seemed to startle
Scooter
Scooter threw to Carter
Carter tagged out Johnson
But Johnson was
Already out
Once Villar tossed to
Scooter
YAY KELLY!
Reynolds
He was safe at first
Brew Crew brain cramps
Proved the worst
Asdrubal hustled
Home from third
Broke the tie
Oh my word
Replay challenge [5]
Should confirm
What at last
Hath turned the worm
Milwaukee aimed
Milwaukee missed
To what can we
Attribute this?
The Villar-Scooter-Carter
There-Went-Wilmer twist! [6]
YAY WILMER!