Pete Alonso tied the score in the ninth inning with his major league-leading eighth home run, and the Mets beat the struggling Athletics 4-3 in 10 innings Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. LGM
Alonso's solo shot tied it 3-all and matched Dave Kingman for fifth place in Mets history with 154 home runs. Alonso, who has hit safely in nine of the last 10 games, went deep for the second consecutive day when he crushed a 2-1 pitch from Dany Jiménez to center field, one inning after the A's had gone ahead 3-2 on Shea Langelier's two-run double off John Curtiss.Oakland matched the 1951 and '56 teams for the worst 16-game start in franchise history.
Making his second major league start, José Butto allowed one run in five-plus innings for New York in his season debut. Butto was called up from the minors and inserted into the rotation when Max Scherzer was pushed back due to a sore back. A's starter JP Sears set down 13 straight before Lindor drove a 1-2 fastball into the left-field stands for his fourth home run. Sears permitted four hits and two runs in six innings.Oakland left fielder Tony Kemp made a diving catch of Escobar's sinking liner in the fifth.The A's held a pregame ceremony honoring their 1973 championship team that beat the Mets in the World Series.
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