The Mets took two out of three in Kansas City this weekend after an explosive 11-run offensive outing on Sunday afternoon lifted the team over the Royals 11-5. With today’s win, the club holds a 24-10 record since the All Star break.

Offense:

The Mets got off to a roaring start in Kauffman Stadium on Sunday afternoon taking an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Amed Rosario knocked a lead-off single but was caught stealing second base for the club’s first out. Then, a Joe Panik triple, followed by an intentional walk to Pete Alonso put runners on the corners for Michael Conforto to hit a three-run moon shot to right field for his 26th home run of the season.

Royals’ starter Glenn Sparkman held the team to just those three runs through six, but New York pounced on their opponent’s relief corps, scoring six runs in the top of the seventh inning.

To kick off the frame, Todd Frazier knocked a lead-off double off of Sparkman’s replacement, Kevin McCarthy, and Juan Lagares sent him to third on a sacrifice bunt. The Mets equalized the game 4-4 on a pinch-hit RBI single from J.D. Davis. Then, Tomas Nido doubled and Davis was taken out of the game for pinch-runner Ruben Tejada after seemingly re-aggravating his lingering calf injury. A two-run base knock from Amed Rosario sent Tejada and Nido home and put the Mets back on top, 6-4.

A Kansas City pitching change couldn’t stop the Amazin offense, as Joe Panik singled to put them in scoring position once again, and Alonso doubled to send in Rosario and make it 7-4.

Back-to-back base hits from Conforto and Wilson Ramos drove in Panik and Alonso to tack on a few more, and the Mets were out of the inning with seven runs to take a massive 9-4 lead that would not be challenged for the rest of the afternoon.

With one out, a pair of doubles from Tomas Nido and Amed Rosario gave the Mets another one, making it 10-4 in the eighth.

Pete Alonso hit a solo bomb in the team’s final frame to make it a final 11-5 for his 40th homer of the season. He is on pace to shatter the Mets single-season record for home runs which is 41, set by Todd Hundley in 1996 and tied by Carlos Beltran in 2006.

The Mets lit up the Royals’ pitching with Alonso going 3-4 with a homer and a walk, Panik going 3-5 with a triple, and Conforto hitting 2-4 with a homer and a walk.

Pitching:

Zack Wheeler took the mound for New York this Sunday afternoon and threw the ball well coming out of the gate, holding the Royals scoreless until the bottom of the fourth. With one out, Hunter Dozier doubled, Jorge Soler reached on a catcher’s interference, and a wild pitch sent Dozier to third. First baseman Ryan O’Hearn grounded out to second but Dozier was able to score, putting Kansas City on the board and cutting the Mets lead to just two runs.

Wheeler got into trouble in the next frame allowing back-to-back hits from Bubba Starling and Brett Phillips to put Kansas City in scoring position. A Nick Dini sacrifice bunt turned into a disaster for Wheeler as he made an error on the throw to first and loaded the bases with no outs. Whit Merrifield sent the ball up the middle for a single to drive in a run, and Nicky Lopez grounded into a force out, sending Phillips home and tying up the game.

Kansas City took the lead on a Dozier sacrifice fly, and the right-hander got the last out of the frame before being pulled for Jeurys Familia to start off the sixth.

Wheeler ended his day throwing 92 pitches through five innings, allowing four hits, four runs, three earned, with one walk and two strikeouts. His ERA on the season is now a 4.40.

Familia tossed a scoreless sixth, and allowed one run to score in the seventh after a Phillips double and a Lopez RBI single. He finished his two-inning outing with no walks and one strikeout, and lowering his ERA to 6.21.

Brad Brach took the rubber in the eighth, holding onto the team’s five run lead and striking out one.

With a six-run lead, the Mets sent struggling closer Edwin Diaz out in the low-pressure situation finish it off and a 1-2-3 inning closed out the game. The 25-year-old added two strikeouts.

Up next:

The Mets have an off day on Monday before they travel back to Queens to open a three-game series with the Indians on Tuesday evening. Steven Matz (7-7, 4.33 ERA) will take the mound facing off with Cleveland’s Shane Bieber (12-5, 3.27 ERA).

The game will begin at 7:10 p.m. ET. It will be televised on SNY, ESPN, and broadcast on WCBS 880 and ESPN 1050.