The top of the order lived up to the preseason hype Friday at the Citi Field opener. (Recall that Francisco Alvarez said in spring training that the Mets had the best lineup in baseball.) It didn’t take long, with Francisco Lindor leading off the home first with a double (aided by a nifty slide around the tag attempt). And then Pete Alonso struck an opposite-field home run in his first...
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Three Mets affiliates got their seasons under way Friday night with mixed results. Double-A Binghamton notched a 3-1 victory over New Hampshire and Single-A Brooklyn beat Wilmington 8-4, but Low-A St. Lucie was shut out by Jupiter, 4-0. Triple-A Syracuse, which has been playing for a week, dropped to 2-4 with a 12-4 loss to Scranton/Wilkes Barre. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (2-4) 4,...
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In his first at-bat at Citi Field after an offseason where he tested free agency for the first time, Pete Alonso gave a stadium packed for the home opener what it wanted: a home run and a curtain call. Alonso, who hit a three-run, game-tying home run in the eighth inning on Wednesday, cracked a two-run shot to right off Kevin Gausman (1-1), and the Mets went on to a 5-0 victory Friday over the...
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Mark Vientos threw the ball over the catcher’s head. Tyrone Taylor played a would-be fly out into a single. Juan Soto couldn’t field a base hit cleanly, which cost him a chance to throw out a runner at home. The Mets escaped Miami with a dramatic 6-5 victory in 11 innings Wednesday (thank you, Pete Alonso), but this was not, as the old slogan went, “baseball like it oughta...
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Pete Alonso erased a lot of mistakes. The slugger went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a game-tying, three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and Jesse Winker worked a go-ahead walk with the bases loaded in the 11th as the Mets beat the Marlins 6-5 Wednesday at loanDepot Park. Huascar Brazobán earned his first career save against his former team, entering with two on and one out and...
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