Brett Baty hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Mets held off the Pirates 2-1 on Tuesday night.

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.