White Sox erase Mets’ 4-run lead, complete a ninth-inning walk-off on “Elvis night”

The Mets started their road trip with a punchless ending after leading for most of the evening. On “Elvis night” at the ballpark, New York built a 4-0 advantage early, then watched the White Sox flip the game with a massive power surge that ended in a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth.

According to Yahoo Sports, Chicago’s comeback began in the sixth inning, when the White Sox hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to wipe out the Mets’ lead. That stretch of consecutive homers erased the cushion and gave the home team momentum that swung the game firmly toward the White Sox.

New York still had time to respond, but the Mets’ rally did not hold up. Late in the game, the White Sox struck again, and in the bottom of the ninth they delivered another home run to complete the comeback and finish off the Mets with a walk-off.

The nickname for the moment, “Heartbreak Hotel,” fits the pattern of the loss for New York. After taking a multi-run lead and carrying it through the early part of the game, the Mets were instead left to absorb the kind of sudden, demoralizing defeat that can linger for a series even when standings implications are not discussed in the game recap itself.

MLB games can change quickly once the bullpens are taxed and hitters get comfortable in the same at-bats, and this one followed that script. Chicago showed both the ability to deliver in a burst and the ability to stay dangerous after falling behind, turning a score that looked settled into one where the final swings belonged to the White Sox.

For the Mets, the practical concern going forward is not only that they lost after leading, but that they surrendered a swingy sequence that often requires more than one adjustment. The immediate next look for New York will be how it prevents another inning-long collapse, particularly against teams that can turn early contact into long-ball outcomes when the lineup is set.

For Chicago, the result provides a clean, confidence-building end to a comeback. The White Sox will likely want to carry the same pace into the rest of the road trip or series, especially if the offense can continue producing power late, when games typically narrow to leverage at-bats and bullpen matchups.