Mets Beat Rockies 7-6 on a Walk-Off Single by Alonso

Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-USA Today Sports)

 The New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 7-6 tonight at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 81-46.

After scoreless innings in the bottom of the first and second, 3B Brett Baty lead off the bottom of the third with a solo homer to right field for his second career homer and first homer at home.

In the bottom of the fifth, LF Mark Canha led off with a hit by pitch and two batters later, catcher James McCann singled.

Later in the inning, RF Starling Marte came through with a two-run triple.

In the bottom of the sixth, pinch-hitter Darrin Ruf walked with one out and then 2B Jeff McNeil followed with a single.

Canha came up next and hit a RBI double.

After a scoreless bottom of the seventh, SS Francisco Lindor and 1B Pete Alonso struck out to start off  the bottom of the eighth and then Ruf reached first on an error by 3B Ryan McMahon.

McNeil followed with a single and then Canha came through once again with a two-run double to tie the game.

In the bottom of the ninth, CF Brandon Nimmo walked with one out and then Marte was hit by a pitch.

Lindor lined out and then Alonso came up and hit a walk-off single to bring home Nimmo.

RHP Chris Bassitt cruised through the first five innings, but ran into trouble in the top of the sixth after he gave up a lead-off single to CF Wynton Bernard and then walked McMahon.

Bassitt then gave up a two-run double to 2B Brendan Rodgers and a RBI single to 1B C.J. Cron to tie the game.

Bassitt was able to get out of the inning with the game tied and had a 1-2-3 top of the seventh.

Bassitt came back out for the top of the eighth and gave up a one-out infield single to DH Charlie Blackmon and was then taken out.

RHP Mychael Givens came in next and gave up a single to Cron and then hit SS Jose Iglesias.

Two batters later, Givens gave up a three-run double to catcher Elias Diaz.

RHP Edwin Diaz came on in the top of the ninth and threw a scoreless inning and picked up his third win.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday August 27th at home against the Rockies at 7:10 p.m.