Mets fend off pesky A’s thanks to Pete Alonso’s latest big night

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Mets’ spot arsenic a lineup lies successful a grind-out attack that extends at-bats and forces opposing pitchers to activity for outs.

Friday nighttime was thing of a maestro session by nan Mets successful that regard.

With Pete Alonso arsenic nan ringleader, nan A’s ended up throwing 210 pitches. The Mets threw 156.

Alonso turned his extended at-bats into accumulation pinch a three-RBI capacity that included a location tally precocious successful nan Mets’ 7-6 triumph astatine Sutter Health Park.

Alonso, who had an eight-pitch sheet quality earlier successful nan game, homered connected nan seventh transportation of his at-bat against Jose Leclerc successful nan eighth.

The slugging first baseman boosted his .OPS done 13 games to a robust 1.260.

Edwin Diaz survived a rocky ninth inning successful which he allowed 2 runs connected 2 walks and a double for nan save.

With nan tying tally connected 2nd base, he retired Jacob Wilson to extremity it.

Griffin Canning was crisp early but couldn’t get done nan sixth and was removed aft allowing 3 runs successful nan inning.

Overall, nan right-hander allowed 4 earned runs connected 7 hits pinch 3 walks and 3 strikeouts complete 5 ¹/₃ innings. David Peterson remains nan only Mets pitcher to complete six innings successful a commencement this season.

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Brandon Nimmo homered to lead disconnected nan 2nd for nan game’s first run.

The blast was Nimmo’s 3rd this season.

The Mets weren’t vanished successful nan inning. Luisangel Acuña doubled, and Luis Torrens — backmost successful nan starting lineup aft missing 5 consecutive starts pinch a forearm contusion — stroked an RBI double that extended nan Mets’ lead to 2-0.

But nan Mets missed an opportunity successful nan third, aft Soto reached connected Tyler Soderstrom’s fielding correction and Alonso was plunked. JP Sears retired nan adjacent 3 batters, pinch Lawrence Butler’s sliding drawback successful correct section arsenic he crossed nan foul statement ending nan inning.

The A’s pulled wrong 2-1 successful nan 2nd connected Miguel Andújar’s RBI single.

Gio Urshela followed pinch a single, but Nimmo’s leaping drawback connected Max Muncy’s statement thrust for nan 3rd retired protected nan Mets’ lead.

Shea Langeliers’ leadoff locomotion ignited nan rally, and JJ Bleday singled earlier Canning sewage Wilson to deed into a double play.

Canning escaped problem successful nan 3rd aft Brent Rooker launched a triple disconnected nan halfway section fence.

The ensuing batter, Soderstrom, deed a grounder to first guidelines against a drawn-in infield, and Alonso’s propulsion location easy nailed Rooker.

After Soto singled connected nan eighth transportation of his at-bat against Sears to lead disconnected nan fifth, Alonso (also connected nan eighth pitch) smashed an RBI double that gave nan Mets a 3-1 lead.

Alonso sewage arsenic acold arsenic 3rd guidelines connected a chaotic transportation earlier reliever Mitch Spence sewage 2 outs and walked Mark Vientos. The rally died connected Acuña’s soft liner to 2nd base.

Canning walked Urshela and Rooker successful nan 5th but escaped by getting Soderstrom connected a agelong alert to Jose Siri successful halfway field.

The Mets built a cushion successful nan sixth connected Starling Marte’s two-run double that extended nan lead to 6-1.

Alonso’s sacrifice alert brought successful nan inning’s first tally aft nan Mets had loaded nan bases connected 2 walks and an error. Marte punctuated nan framework pinch a changeable complete nan halfway fielder Bleday’s head.

But nan A’s sewage to Canning successful nan bottommost of nan inning. Andújar delivered nan rustle that ended nan right-hander’s nighttime pinch a two-run homer that sliced nan Mets’ lead to 6-4.

Langeliers opened nan inning pinch a double and aft Bleday was retired connected a statement thrust to correct field, Wilson delivered an RBI single. Andújar’s homer followed.

Reed Garrett loaded nan bases by allowing a double to Max Muncy and consecutive walks to Lawrence Butler and Rooker earlier retiring Soderstrom to extremity nan inning.

Alonso homered pinch 2 outs successful nan eighth to agelong nan Mets’ lead to 7-4.

The RBI was Alonso’s 3rd of nan crippled and gave him 18 for nan season. Diaz past survived a imaginable disaster successful nan ninth.