Nimmo and Alonso Homer in Mets’ Blowout Win Over Cardinals

Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo each homered while Clay Holmes turned in a quality start in the New York Mets’ 9-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night, snapping a two-game losing streak. The Mets have won all five games against the Cardinals this season and have yet to lose three games in a row.

After a back-and-forth battle in the first few innings, the Mets went ahead for good with four runs in the fifth. Alonso gave the Mets a 3-2 lead with a two-run homer, his eighth of the year. They added two more runs in the inning to make it 6-3, including a gift run when Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras dropped a potential inning-ending double play ball hit by Mark Vientos. Francisco Alvarez made the Cards pay for the error even more with an RBI single to score Vientos.

The Mets extended their lead to 8-3 in the seventh with a solo dinger by Nimmo, his seventh of the year, and another RBI single by Alvarez, who had three hits and three RBIs on the night. Nimmo also had three hits and reached base all five times he went to the plate.

Ten different Mets batters had at least one hit, including all nine starters plus Tyrone Taylor.

Holmes kept the Cardinals at bay despite his early struggles. He gave up two runs in the third after being hit in the foot with a line drive, but recovered nicely to allow just three runs in six innings of work. Holmes now owns a 2.95 ERA and has faced more batters than anyone in baseball without giving up a home run.

Holmes’ strong outing also kept another streak going – no Mets starting pitcher has given up more than four earned runs in any of their 33 games this year, the third-longest streak in modern MLB history.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

On the same day he won NL Player of the Month honors for March/April, Alonso showed he’s ready to rake in May too. The Mets first baseman is now batting .345 with 8 home runs and 30 RBI on the year.

“I love what he’s doing right now,” Nimmo said about Alonso after the game on SNY. “I know he put a lot of hard work in this offseason. I’m so proud of him.”

ON DECK

The Mets and Cardinals play the middle game of their three-game set on Saturday at 2:15 PM ET. Tylor Megill (3–2, 1.74 ERA, 39 SO) faces off against Erick Fedde (1–3, 4.68 ERA, 17 SO). The game will air on SNY.

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