Michael
May 10, 2020
The Mets last ever appearance on the CBS game of the week (they'd lose baseball for good after 1993) and they beat the Braves in extras during the middle of a heated pennant race between Atlanta and San Francisco. Tito Navarro, who only played a month for the Mets in his career, got his only hit for the team in the 10th inning, a go ahead single to put the Mets ahead for the 3-2 win.

I imagine if the Braves had ended up behind the Giants at season's end, they would have looked at this game as one of those that cost them the most. Losing to the worst team in the league and a player that only his family could pick out of a lineup. But they finished a game ahead of San Fran, and Tito is merely a forgettable footnote in a forgettable season.

Michael
July 5, 2022
Looking back at how this game transpired, it truly might be the most unlikely win in modern Mets history (atleast since 1980). The Braves were up 2-0 with 2 outs and no basesrunners on, in the 9th inning, with Greg Maddux on the mound....against the 1993 Mets, by far the worst team in the league, At Atlanta, with the Braves needing the game to help their playoff hopes. Considering all of those factors, the Mets still made a 9th inning comeback to tie the game, and then Tito Navarro gets his first major league hit to put the Mets ahead in the 10th. A forgotten game by all, but I cannot think of a more unlikely win by any Mets team considering the circumstances

Dave VW
February 15, 2023
I concur with Michael. Certainly this was an unbelievable, against-all-odds type of win. Even baseball-reference's win probability chart for this game had the Braves at a 99% likelihood of winning when there were 2 outs in the 9th inning. Watching a bunch of the 1993 games back, the only game I can recall that rivals this one was when the Mets scored 4 in the 9th to beat the Phillies at the Vet on May 26, but at least that comeback win featured Bonilla, Tony Fernandez and Vince Coleman. The heroes in this game were Jeff McKnight, Ced Landrum and Tito Navarro. It doesn't get much more unlikely than that.

Nothing was going the Mets way early on, however, as they stranded the bases loaded without scoring in the 1st, then put the first two on base in the 3rd but stranded them too. Murray was called out on a check swing during the inning and was ejected by the home plate umpire from his position at first base in between innings as he continued chirping at the ump, I think upset that he didn't receive help on the call from the third base ump. In the bottom of the inning, after Bobby Jones got the first two batters out, Blauser socked a home run and Gant followed with a single. With McGriff at the plate, Gant tried to steal second and was initially called out even though the ball was knocked loose from McKnight's glove. As everyone was headed off the field, the third base ump overruled the call and, of course, McGriff then blooped a single into left to score Gant. That accounted for all the scoring until the 9th.

Maddux gave up 10 hits, but all but one were singles and he looked like he had a shutout in the bag after striking out Kent and Burnitz to start the 9th. But then McKnight and Landrum singled and Thompson walked, prompting Bobby Cox to take out Maddux and bring in Greg McMichael, who had just blown a save against the Mets the previous night. He quickly got ahead 0-2 on Hundley but Todd battled back and hit a grounder up the middle. Braves 2B Mark Lemke made a nice play getting to the ball and looked like all he had to do was shovel the ball to the SS covering the bag to get the force out and end the game, but he booted the ball and everyone was safe (and the friendly home-field game scorers decided not to charge him with an error). That gave Hundley his 4th hit of the game, and he reached base safely in all five of his plate appearances. Dave Gallagher, playing in place of the ejected Murray, then grounded one to SS that Blauser dove for and kept in the infield, but his throw to second was late, allowing the Mets to tie it up. Orsulak then hit a liner right back at McMichael that he knocked down and threw to first for the last out.

Innis made short work of the Braves in the bottom of the 9th, and Mike Stanton got 2 easy outs to start the 10th. But it was rally time again, as Darrin Jackson got a single pinch-hitting for Burnitz, McKnight also singled, and then Tito Navarro played the hero by greeting new pitcher Steve Bedrosian with a first-pitch single, scoring Jackson with the go-ahead run -- Navarro's only hit and RBI of his ML career. After Thompson struck out, Dallas Green turned to Mauro Gozzo for the save, as Franco was used in the 8th inning and Mike Maddux had pitched 2.1 innings in a losing effort the previous night. Gozzo proceeded to get the Braves out 1-2-3 for his only career save, and was helped out by a spectacular defensive play by Kent, who caught a Ron Gant popup in short RF while diving towards the outfield wall for the first out. Tim McCarver called it the best play he's seen Kent make to this point in his career, and he probably wasn't wrong.

It's almost like the NL West Champion Braves were beat by the Mets AAA team on this day, considering the players. Like Michael alluded to, the Giants were hot on the Braves' heels for the NL West pennant and, though the Braves won it by a game, it's a shame both teams couldn't make the playoffs, as they both won over 100 games. That was all about to change with realignment in 1994, however, which would move the Braves into the NL East with the Mets and start a rivalry that still burns hot today.