PHILADELPHIA — Pete Alonso homered twice, had three hits and drove in 5 runs to guide the Mets to a 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies within the second sport for a doubleheader cut up Sunday.
Chris Bassitt (4-2) allowed one run in 5 ⅔ innings to assist the N.L. East-leading Mets. Jean Segura homered for the Phillies.
Phillies 3, Mets 2 (Sport 1) | Box Score | Play-by-Play
Mets 6, Phillies 1 (Sport 2) | Box Score | Play-by-Play
Within the opener, Bryce Harper homered once more off Max Scherzer and the Phillies turned the primary crew to beat the brand new Mets ace, snapping a four-game skid by successful, 3-2.
Alonso nearly single-handedly lifted the Mets within the nightcap, driving a changeup from Cristopher Sánchez (0-1) deep to left for a two-run homer within the first. He hit it even farther to left within the fifth off Nick Nelson, a three-run shot that put the Mets up by 5-1.
“It felt good,” Alonso mentioned of his second homer. “Simply wished to do what I might to place a superb swing on a pitch within the zone.”
Alonso was 0 for 3 with a pair of strikeouts within the first sport earlier than serving to the Mets keep away from simply their second dropping streak of the season.
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“We’ve performed such nice crew baseball,” he mentioned. “Everybody has answered the bell.”
Harper, utilizing a pink bat for Mom’s Day, drove a 94 mile-per-hour fastball from Scherzer (4-1) over the wall in proper for a solo homer with two outs within the first. He screamed, “I like you, Mother!” right into a TV digicam earlier than returning to the dugout.
“I believed we performed properly the primary sport and the second sport obtained away from us,” Harper mentioned.
Harper added an R.B.I. single within the third. The reigning winner of the Nationwide League’s Most Priceless Participant Award additionally homered off Scherzer, his former Washington teammate, on Could 1.
“I feel we would have liked that,” Phillies starter Kyle Gibson mentioned. “For the offense to return out and do what they did in opposition to Max was massive.”
The one-admission doubleheader was a part of a make-up after video games between the groups have been rained out Friday and Saturday.
Scherzer suffered his first loss since final Could 30, ending a string of 24 straight begins with no defeat. The streak spanned his begins with the Nationals, Dodgers and Mets.
Canó Formally Launched
The Mets formally launched second baseman Robinson Canó earlier than the sport. The transfer comes per week after the slumping Cano was designated for task regardless of practically $45 million remaining on his contract. The Mets introduced the information of their pregame notes and after Supervisor Buck Showalter met with reporters.
The 39-year-old Canó sat out final season whereas serving his second suspension for performance-enhancing medicine. He batted .195 (8 for 41) with one residence run, three R.B.I. and a paltry .501 on-base plus slugging proportion in 43 plate appearances for the Mets. Canó has a .302 profession batting common with 335 residence runs, 1,305 R.B.I. and an .842 O.P.S. in 17 seasons. He has 2,632 hits, together with 571 doubles.
King’s Spectacular Streak Ends for Yankees
Brad Miller snapped Michael King’s spectacular scoreless streak with a pinch-hit, two-run homer within the seventh inning that lifted the Texas Rangers over the Yankees, 4-2, Sunday to salvage a doubleheader cut up.
The Yankees took the opener 2-1 on Gleyber Torres’s game-ending homer main off the ninth. They’d three hits within the nightcap after amassing simply 5 within the early sport.
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Rangers 4, Yankees 2 (Sport 2) | Box Score | Play-by-Play
King (2-1) had pitched 14 ⅓ consecutive innings with out permitting a run earlier than Miller smacked a 1-0 fastball out to middle for a two-run lead. The Yankees right-hander hadn’t given up a run since an R.B.I. double by Toronto’s George Springer on April 11.
“It’s a chilly evening and also you’re going through a man who actually hasn’t given up something all yr,” Texas supervisor Chris Woodward mentioned. “To sq. one up and the wind is blowing straight in. To hit it out that far, it was a fairly good poke.”
It was Miller’s fourth profession pinch-homer, and 6 of his 14 R.B.I. have given Texas a lead this yr.
“Credit score to Miller,” Yankees Supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “I feel he was attempting to four-seamer up and in there and possibly didn’t get it to the place he wished to, however I don’t suppose missed too unhealthy with it, and Miller form of bought out and obtained to it and caught him.”
King relieved Jordan Montgomery after Jonah Heim opened the inning with a double to left. King walked Kole Calhoun, walked Nathaniel Lowe and retired Andy Ibáñez on a power out that moved Heim to 3rd. Heim scored on a wild pitch to the backstop one pitch earlier than Miller’s homer.
The uncommon ineffective outing raised King’s E.R.A. from 0.51 to 1.42.
“Clearly I wish to be nice each time on the market and to have a foul one at all times hurts,” King mentioned. “However it’s a studying expertise. You bought to maintain going and bounce again.”
Eli White additionally homered as Texas received for the fifth time in six video games.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer within the second sport. The Yankees misplaced for under the second time in 14 video games.
Within the first sport of the day, Torres’s seventh profession game-ending hit gave the Yankees their third walk-off win this yr. He related off John King (1-1) into the quick porch in proper discipline.
“The larger the state of affairs, it does look like he ratchets the focus degree a bit,” Boone mentioned. “Chilly day on the market, it was good to see him to stay one.”
Rangers starter Dane Dunning misplaced his no-hit bid on an infield single by Decide to open the sixth.
Gerrit Cole allowed a run and 5 hits in 6 ⅓ innings for the Yankees. He struck out 10, walked one and threw a season-high 114 pitches, reaching 100.6 miles per hour. Jonathan Loáisiga adopted Cole with one and two-thirds innings. Clay Holmes (3-0) labored round Mitch Garver’s double within the ninth.
