Mets Beat Tigers 12-5 Behind Two Homers From Pete Alonso And One From Juan Soto

 

Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Detroit Tigers 12-5 tonight at Comerica Park for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 75-64.

In the top of the first, 1B Pete Alonso drove in the first run of the game with a solo homer.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first next two innings and then came alive in the top of the fourth.

RF Juan Soto led off with a walk and then stole second. Two batters later, LF Brandon Nimmo singled and then 3B Mark Vientos walked. 

DH Jeff McNeil followed with a RBI single to score Soto and then CF Cedric Mullins followed with a sacrifice fly.

Catcher Luis Torrens came up next and broke the game open with a three-run homer.

After scoreless innings in the top of the fifth and sixth, Soto homered to lead the top of the seventh and Alonso followed with his second homer of the game.

Nimmo then singled and Vientos followed with a double. 

McNeil then drove in Nimmo and pinch-runner Luisangel Acuna with a two-run single and centerfielder Cedric Mullins grounded into a fielder's choice.

Two batters later, Torrens singled and then 2B Brett Baty drove in Mullins with a RBI single.

SS Francisco Lindor followed by driving in Torrens with a sacrifice fly.

RHP Nolan McLean retired the first two hitters he faced in the bottom of the first and then had back-to back walks followed by back-to-back RBI singles before getting out of the inning.

McLean gave a lead-off walk in the bottom of the second helped out by a caught stealing and after giving up a single to the next hitter, settled down after that.

He cruised the rest of the way retiring the last 14 hitters he faced.

His final line was six innings, three hits, two runs, three walks and seven strikeouts.

McLean picked up his fourth straight win to start his career.

RHP Kevin Herget followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the seventh and eighth.

Herget came back out for the bottom of the ninth and after retiring the first hitter he faced, gave up a walk and three hits which resulted in three runs and was then taken out.

RHP Ryne Stanek had to come in to get the last two outs.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, September 3 at the Tigers at 1:10 p.m.