May 07 2022 11:11 AM
On this day in 2012, Jordany Valdespin collected his first MLB hit, homer, and RBI when he pinch hit for Tim Byrdak (against the Phillies in Philadelphia, appropriately enough), breaking a 2-2 tie with a three-run homer off of Jonathan Papelbon, with two out in the ninth.
The clout made Jordany the first player in MLB history to ever record his first homerun off of a pitcher with 200 or more career saves.
Mr. Gary Cohen with the play-by-play.
The Mets ended up taking the game after falling behind 2-0 to future Hall-of-Famer Roy Halladay. A little over a year later, Valdespin would hit his last Met homer, also a ninth-inning pinch-hit shot against the Phillies off of the same Jonathan Papebon.