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NEW YORK -- It took more than 1 1/2 seasons for the Arizona Diamondbacks to get much of a reward for selecting Oscar Hernandez in the Rule 5 draft.Worth it.Hernandez hit his first major league homer in the 12th inning, leading the Diamondbacks over the New York Mets 3-2 on Wednesday night.Hernandez was recalled from Double-A Mobile after Arizona placed catcher Welington Castillo on the paternity list Tuesday. Playing his first game this season, Hernandez drove a sinker from Jerry Blevins (4-2) down the left-field line.Hernandez played 18 games with Arizona in 2015 as a winter meeting draft pick from Tampa Bay, missing much of the season with a broken left hamate bone.It feels so good, a jubilant Hernandez said. I was waiting for a pitch to do hard contact and I hit a bomb.After spending last season on the active roster and major league disabled list, the 23-year old catcher was optioned all the way back to Class A Visalia this year to begin his climb back to the majors.Going back to the minor leagues helped me out a lot, he said. I feel more confident. Last year was a little bit of pressure and this year, I just played.Thats what a Rule 5 guy has to do, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. You just hope in that year that hes here, you dont lose your way. Some guys have in the past, and it was good to get him playing again.Randall Delgado (3-1) pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts to win.The Mets Kelly Johnson forced extra innings with a two-run homer in the ninth off closer Jake Barrett. The blown save was Barretts fourth in eight chances.Arizona starter Robbie Ray pitched seven shutout innings, scattering three hits and striking out four. Ray was perfect until Ty Kellys fourth-inning single.New York remained 2 1/2 games back of the Marlins for the second NL wild card.Paul Goldschmidt went 2 for 4, driving in the first two Arizona runs, and Jean Segura and Chris Owings each had three hits. Segura added two stolen bases and scored two runs. Arizona stole four bases on the night and has nine steals through the first two games in the series, breaking the franchise mark for steals in a three-game series with Thursdays game still to come. New York came into the game with a minus-67 stolen base differential, the worst mark in the majors.Neil Walker had two hits for the Mets, who have lost 14 of their past 19 games.If you cant get over it, and youre going to let it linger in this league, youre going to have a tough time winning, Mets manager Terry Collins said.T.J. Rivera, from the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx just a short drive from Citi Field, made his major league debut at third base in front of about 30 friends and family members. He got his first big league hit in the tenth and handled all of his chances in the field.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: OF A.J. Pollock (fractured right elbow) went 0 for 2 with a walk and played six innings in center field for Visalia. ... OF Yasmany Tomas (stiff neck) remained out of the lineup after being a late scratch on Tuesday. He developed the injury after watching the Olympics in bed all day Tuesday. ... After the game, Hale announced that OF David Peralta would have season-ending surgery on Thursday morning to stabilize the tendon in his left wrist. Hes been on the disabled list since Aug. 7 after crashing into the outfield wall in Arizona on Aug. 5.PLAY WIFFLE BALLArizonas Patrick Corbin joined New Yorks Wilmer Flores and Rene Rivera at a Play Ball Derby at Hudson River Parks Pier 63. The players participated in a wiffle ball derby, launching balls into the river at floating targets. Children from local Boys and Girls clubs and other baseball organizations participated alongside the players. Corbin, the non-hitter of the group, won the derby.UP NEXT:Mets: RHP Noah Syndergaard (9-6, 2.64 ERA) looks to snap a career-worst five-start winless streak. The All-Star hurler struggled in his last start, allowing four runs in six innings in Detroit, but has pitched to a 5-3 record with a 2.41 ERA at Citi Field this season.Diamondbacks: RHP Braden Shipley (1-1, 4.15 ERA) takes to the mound in the series finale for his fourth major league start. After struggling in his debut, hes thrown back-to-back quality starts, allowing two runs over his last 12 innings.Vegas Golden Knights Gear . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Golden Knights Jerseys 2021 . P.A. 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Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court.YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Nico Rosberg said it felt special to beat Lewis Hamilton to the 2016 world drivers championship as his Mercedes teammate and old friend is one of the best in history.Rosberg clinched his maiden crown in a tense finale at Yas Marina as Hamilton backed the German into the chasing Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. A faultless drive from Rosberg meant he narrowly stayed in front of the pair to secure the championship by five points.Much has been made of Rosberg and Hamiltons history together, with their careers linked back to their days as karting teammates. Having lost the 2014 and 2015 championships to Hamilton, Rosberg said it felt good to finally overcome the three-time world champion for a title of his own.?It feels like Ive been racing him forever, Hamilton said. Hes just managed to edge me out and get the title even when we were small in go-karts. Hes an amazing driver and one of the best in history, so its special to beat him because the level is so high and that makes it so much more satisfying for me. He drove extremely high level, hes done some incredible racing, so hes been a very tough competitor.ddddddddddddRosberg claimed the title in fine style, passing Max Verstappen with a fantastic wheel-to-wheel overtake in the second stint which turned out to be crucial to his race, before staying calm under incredible pressure in the closing stages. Reflecting on his race and championship, Rosberg confessed it was one of the hardestof his career.The feeling is out there. The battle with Max ... unreal. I hope I dont experience that again anytime soon. The same again at the end with the pressure on from behind with Lewis driving slow out, it was a tough one.It was crazy. The thing is it was so intense the race, its still going to take some time to settle in and come out because it was really intense out there and so tough in the end. Those last couple of laps with those two guys, if I drop behind then its over so not enjoyable. ' ' '