Mets Rout Giants 13-3 With Three Homers And Eight Extra Base Hits

Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to Neville E. Guard-USA Today Sports)

 The New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 13-3 tonight at Oracle Park and improved their record to 29-15.

The offense was held scoreless for the first two innings against RHP Alex Cobb, but came alive in the top off the third after DH J.D. Davis singled with one out and then later in the inning CF Brandon Nimmo and RF Starling Marte reached to load the bases with two outs.

SS Francisco Lindor then came up and delivered a two-run ground rule to tie the game.

1B Pete Alonso followed and delivered a three-run homer for his National League leading 11th homer and also entered the night leading the National League in RBI's.

After scoreless innings in the top of the fourth and fifth, 2B Jeff McNeil led off the top of the sixth with a single and three batters later, Davis came through with a RBI double.

In the top of the eighth, Alonso led off with an infield single and McNeil followed with a two-run homer.

LF Mark Canha then hit a solo homer to go back-to-back and two batters later Davis doubled.

Catcher Patrick Mazeika followed with a RBI double.

In the top of the ninth, McNeil walked with two outs and after Canha followed with a single, 3B Eduardo Escobar then came up and hit a two-run double.

Davis followed with a RBI single.

LHP David Peterson had a scoreless bottom of the first, but had a difficult bottom of the second allowing two runs.

Peterson settled down after that retiring the last 11 hitters he faced. He had his sharp break on his slider as well as good command of his fastball and worked quickly.

His final line was 6 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk and 6 strikeouts.

He picked up his second win and lowered his ERA to 2.16.

RHP Colin Holderman followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings.

LHP Chasen Shreve gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth, but still managed to get the last three outs.

The Mets next game is at the Giants tomorrow night, Tuesday May 24th at 9:45 p.m.