Alonso goes deep twice for the Mets
Baltimore has first 4-game win streak
MIAMI — Pete Alonso hit two leadoff homers, including a goahead shot in the eighth inning, and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 Saturday.
Alonso’s home run over the left-center-field wall against Miami reliever Jimmy Yacabonis (0-1) snapped a 3-3 tie. It was Alonso’s NL-leading 22nd homer of the season and 14th multihomer game of his career
“I hadn’t seen him at all this year prior to (Friday) and I had a really difficult time picking up his release point,” said Alonso, who struck out against Yacabonis in the series opener. “Thankfully, I took a lesson from (Friday’s) at-bat and applied it today; saw the ball a little bit better and saw the window where the ball was coming out of.”
Brandon Nimmo’s third hit, an RBI double in the ninth, increased the Mets’ lead. Francisco Lindor doubled and singled, and Starling Marte had two hits for the NL East leaders.
New York starter Chris Bassitt pitched seven strong innings. Bassitt (6-5) allowed three runs and six hits while striking out five. Seth Lugo pitched a perfect eighth and Edwin Díaz struck out the three batters he faced in the ninth for his 16th save.
“I don’t try to worry about the offense and what they do,” Bassitt said. “Obviously, run support helps, but overall you try to treat the game as 0-0.”
The Marlins erased a 3-0 deficit on Jesús Sánchez’s two-run homer in the fourth and Bryan De La Cruz’s solo shot in the fifth.
Alonso gave the Mets an early advantage with his homer against Miami starter Trevor Rogers, a graduate of Carlsbad High School, in the second inning. Initially, Alonso thought the shot had not cleared the right-field wall and stopped at second before resuming his trot.
Rogers was lifted after surrendering one-out singles to Nimmo, Marte and Lindor to load the bases in the fifth. The left-hander allowed three runs, seven hits, walked one and struck out five. He has not completed six innings since April 28.
“I thought Trevor threw the ball good,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “He was aggressive with his fastball. He threw good breaking balls and good changeups.”
RED SOX 4, GUARDIANS 2: In Cleveland, Alex Verdugo hit a three-run homer, Jarren Duran had four hits and an RBI, and Boston won its sixth straight.
Verdugo’s two-out rocket to right off Shane Bieber (3-4) gave Boston a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning. Duran added an RBI
single in the ninth off Enyel De Los Santos.
The scorching Red Sox moved a season-high 10 games over .500 and are 18-4 this month. Boston owns the second-best record in baseball since May 10 at 31-12, yet they remain 11 games back of the AL East-leading New York Yankees.
BREWERS 5, BLUE JAYS 4: In Milwaukee, Corbin Burnes pitched into the eighth inning, Andrew McCutchen and Mike Brosseau homered, and Milwaukee beat Toronto.
In his first career start against Toronto, Burnes (6-4) allowed home runs to Matt Chapman and Bo Bichette and an RBI groundout by Cavan Biggio.
Bunres struck out nine and walked two, then turned over a 5-3 lead with runners at first and second base and two outs in the eighth inning to Devin Williams, who fanned Alejandro Kirk.
CARDINALS 5, CUBS 3: In St. Louis, Iván Herrera hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for his first career RBI and St. Louis beat Chicago.
Juan Yepez lined a one-out double to the left-field wall off Cubs reliever Mark Leiter Jr. (1-2) in the eighth, and pinchrunner Edmundo Sosa advanced to third on a wild pitch before scoring the go-ahead run on Herrera’s fly.
RAYS 6, PIRATES 5: In Tampa, Fla., Isaac Paredes hit a solo
homer in the eighth inning and a two-run single with two outs in the ninth, sending Tampa Bay to a victory over Pittsburgh.
Ji-Man Choi and Vidal Bruján reached on two-out walks before Jonathan Aranda’s pinch-hit single loaded the bases against David Bednar (3-2).
ORIOLES 6, WHITE SOX 2: In Chicago, Jorge Mateo homered and doubled to lead give Baltimore its first four-game winning streak this season.
Lance Lynn (1-1) retired eight straight batters before Mateo lifted a solo homer just over the left-center fence to put Baltimore ahead in the third.
Spenser Watkins (1-1) gave up five hits and no earned runs to get his third win in 19 career starts. He fanned four and walked one in five innings.
RANGERS 3, NATIONALS 2: In Arlington, Texas, Adolis García homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Texas a victory over Washington.
The Cuban slugger matched Corey Seager for the team lead with 15 homers when he drilled a 2-2 slider from reliever Kyle Finnegan (2-2) into Washington’s bullpen.
Nelson Cruz hit a tying tworun homer for the Nationals against for his former team in the sixth after Nathaniel Lowe had given Texas the lead with a two-run shot in the second.
ATHLETICS 9, ROYALS 7: In Kansas City, Mo., Tony Kemp
hit a two-run homer, Seth Brown and Sean Murphy combined for four RBIs, and Oakland beat Kansas City.
Oakland had the leadoff man reach base in six innings. Four of the six were leadoff doubles, and all came around to score.
GIANTS 9, REDS 2: In San Francisco, Logan Webb pitched six innings of two-hit ball and San Francisco backed its ace with four home runs.
Evan Longoria, Thairo Estrada, Joc Pederson and Wilmer Flores homered for the Giants, who snapped a three-game skid.
TWINS 6, ROCKIES 0: In Minneapolis, Chris Archer kept his strong June going with five scoreless innings, and three Minnesota relievers closed out a one-hitter.
A day after being shut out themselves, Luis Arraez and the Twins had 10 hits in a dominant victory. Arraez — the big league batting leader — had two hits, Alex Kirilloff drove in three and Byron Buxton marked his return to the lineup with an RBI triple in the first inning.
BRAVES 5, DODGERS 3: In Atlanta, Marcell Ozuna hit a tie-breaking homer in the eighth inning and Atlanta recovered after blowing a three-run lead to beat Los Angeles.
Travis d’Arnaud led off the seventh with a double to left field off Brusdar Graterol (2-3). Ozuna followed with his 14th homer to center field.