Mets Rout A's 13-4 After Alonso Sets Mets RBI Record

Mets DH Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to Darren Yamashita- USA Today Sports)

The New York Mets beat the Oakland Athletics 13-4 this afternoon at RingCentral Coliseum to take two out of three games in the series and improved their record to 97-57.

After a scoreless top of the first, DH Pete Alonso led off the top of the second with an infield single and two batters later, 3B Eduardo Escobar singled to advance Alonso to third.

DH Darin Run then flew out, but then RF Tyler Naquin came through with a RBI single to bring in the first run of the game.

In the top of the third, CF Brandon Nimmo led off with a walk and two batters later, SS Francisco Lindor singled.

Later in the inning, 2B Jeff McNeil walked to load the bases and then 3B Eduardo Escobar came up and delivered a two-run single.

In the top of the fourth, Nimmo singled with two outs and advanced to second on an error by LF Tony Kemp.

LF Mark Canha followed with an infield single and then Lindor crushed a two-run double.

Alonso came up next and broke the game open with a towering two-run homer to left field for his 124th and 125th RBI of the season,

 This helped set a new Met single season RBI record previously held by David Wright and Mike Piazza.

The bats did not do much for the next three innings until the top of the eighth after catcher Tomas Nido led off with a single and then Nimmo followed with a single.

LF Mark Canha followed with a single to load the bases and then Lindor reached on an infield hit to bring in Nido.

Alonso came up next with the bases loaded and capped off his stellar day at the plate with a towering based clearing three-run double off the wall.

2B Jeff McNeil followed with an infield hit and then 3B Eduardo Escobar grounded into a double play to bring in the fifth run of the inning.

In the top of the ninth, Naquin led off with a double and then Nido followed with a double.

SS Luis Guillorme then hit a RBI ground-out.

RHP Max Scherzer cruised through the first three innings, and had a brief hiccup in the bottom of the fourth after he gave up a lead-off homer to 1B Seth Brown.

Scherzer settled down after that and had another outstanding start allowing one run on four hits in seven innings.

He gave up one walk with seven strikeouts.

He picked up his 11th win and lowered his ERA to 2.13.

RHP Adam Ottavino followed with a scoreless bottom of the seventh.

RHP Drew Smith threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

RHP Seth Lugo came on in the bottom of the ninth and gave up a three-run homer to RF Conner Capel, but was able to get the last three outs and close out the game.

The Mets are off tomorrow and return to action on Tuesday, September 27th back at home at Citi Field against the Miami Marlins at 7:10 p.m.