Yankees utilityman Isiah Kiner-Falefa's straight steal of home the wildest part of bad inning for Mets

The best that can be said about the New York Mets' seventh inning against the New York Yankees on Wednesday is that the inning began with the game tied and ended with the game tied.

Nearly everything in between, including one of the Mets' scoring plays, didn't reflect well on the Mets. But they still won in the end.

The fun began with a walk of Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson and a hit-by-pitch of Anthony Rizzo. Mets reliever Jeff Brigham appeared to get a much-needed double-play ball from Isiah Kiner-Falefa, but then a throwing error by second baseman Jeff McNeil allowed Donaldson to score and left Kiner-Falefa safe at first.

Kiner-Falefa stole second base, then took third on another throwing error, this time by rookie catcher Francisco Álvarez.

It got worse on the next pitch, when Kiner-Falefa pulled off a straight steal of home after reliever Brooks Raley, who entered for Brigham, air-mailed a throw home.

Per MLB.com's Sarah Langs, it's the first steal of home for the Yankees since Didi Gregorius did so on Aug. 27, 2016.

As fast as Kiner-Falefa is, the play represented another breakdown for the Mets. Kiner-Falefa was allowed to get a massive lead off third after third baseman Eduardo Escobar realized too late what was happening, then Raley was slow and inaccurate to the plate. Raley said after the game that he didn't hear anyone warning him about Kiner-Falefa, which is usually the job of the infield.

The end result was 3-1 Yankees.

The Mets got both runs back in the bottom of the inning, but they could have had more. Down 3-2, Starling Marte hit a game-tying single, but Brandon Nimmo got caught running past second and was thrown out.

The Mets requested a replay review, which showed that Nimmo was arguably safe, but it was a situation they should never have reached in the first place.

"When I saw the replay, I thought I was safe," Nimmo said. "But those haven't seemed to go our way this year."

The game remained tied through nine innings. Then things finally went the Mets' way in the 10th. Reliever Dominic Leone held the Yankees scoreless despite the automatic runner, and Nimmo redeemed himself with a walk-off double in the bottom of the inning.

"When you win, you can look back on things and say, 'OK, we'll learn from them' or you know, 'hey, in this situation next time.' But when you lose, it's not really thought about that way," Nimmo said. "And so everything is better when you win."

Hannah Keyser contributed to this report.