Francisco Alvarez, Photo by Rick Nelson

Francisco Álvarez and Mark Vientos played in the 2022 MLB Futures Game at Dodger Stadium Saturday.

Álvarez, the Mets’ No. 1 prospect and the No. 2 prospect in all of baseball, played in the game for the second straight season. He’s still just 20 years old. It was Vientos’ first time participating in the event.

Both Mets prospects were named to the starting lineup. Álvarez DH’ed while Vientos played first base — not the usual position for either of them, but it was a way to fit everybody in. Álvarez hit third while Vientos hit seventh.

Álvarez put on a show before the game even began, mashing baseballs during batting practice. He hit 10 homers, with his shots ranging from left to right-center field, JJ Cooper of Baseball America tweeted. Cooper noted he had the most impressive power of the first group of players, which is pretty evident considering the next-most amount of homers was only three.

Vientos tied for the lead in his group with five home runs.

In Álvarez’s first plate appearance of the game, he drew a walk — something he’s been doing frequently at Triple-A Syracuse despite a slow start with the bat. Vientos flew out in his first at-bat, but then drew a walk of his own in. the third inning.

Álvarez was taken out of the game after two plate appearances, going 0-for-1 with a groundout and a walk. He was unable to replicate last year’s magic, when he went deep in the game. Vientos got one more at-bat, striking out looking in the sixth inning.

The teams played only seven innings, with the American League beating the National League 6-4. The AL scored four in the third on homers from Jasson Dominguez and Matt Wallner, then never looked back.

Former Mets prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong appeared in the game for the NL, coming in as a reserve and going 1-for-2 with a double. He had one of five NL hits.

Álvarez and Vientos are both bubbling below the majors, with each of them playing for Triple-A Syracuse. Vientos heated up after a slow start to the season and has posted an .837 OPS. Álvarez has spent most of this year with Double-A Binghamton, where he hit 18 home runs and put up a .922 OPS. He’s just 2-for-23 with Syracuse, but has drawn seven walks, giving him a .324 OBP. Behind the plate, he earned the praise of both Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom.