Pete Alonso led the New York Mets to a 9-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night, ending the Mets’ four-game losing streak. Alonso had four hits, including a homer in the fourth inning and three RBIs.
Francisco Lindor contributed with two hits and two RBIs. Mark Vientos also had a key double that drove in a run. The Mets had been outscored 31-5 in their previous four games.
“Today, everybody had a sense of urgency,” Lindor said.
Lindor’s homer in the third inning made him the 17th player to hit 100 homers for the Mets. The Mets were two games behind Atlanta for the last NL wild card spot before this win.
“It’s cool for sure, it’s great,” Lindor said about his milestone. “It’s better because we won today.”
Alonso, who will be a free agent after the World Series, had been struggling with a 9-for-48 slump since July 30, bringing his season average down to .240. He hit a homer in the fourth inning off Joey Estes and a two-run double in the seventh inning against Ross Stripling.
“He can carry a team,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “Hopefully that’s the case here, where we can get Pete going and carry us for a few weeks, especially where we’re at in the schedule. And it’s contagious — if he gets going, he’s probably going to take some pressure off of the other guys.”
This four-hit game was Alonso’s seventh of his career. His only five-hit game happened on August 15, 2019, when he went 5-for-6 in a 10-8 win over the Braves.
“I just want to go up there (and) have the best at-bats I can have every single time,” Alonso said. “I’m just happy I was able to come through today for the boys.”
Brandon Nimmo and J.D. Martinez also added RBIs in the seventh inning, during which Will Klein gave up five runs in just one out.
“At that point in that seventh inning, 3-1 game, opportunity to get back in that game if we hold that lead,” Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said. “But unfortunately it didn’t work out.”
David Peterson (7-1) allowed one unearned run and walked four in 6 1/3 innings. He has given up two runs or fewer in 10 of his 13 starts this season, despite averaging 4.3 walks per nine innings.
