Alvarez bashes two homers as Mets win slugfest opener

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Published 18.07.2023
Alvarez bashes two homers as Mets win slugfest opener
Francisco Alvarez crushes two house runs in win vs. White Sox

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NEW YORK — In what’s been a uncommon prevalence this season, the Mets had been an offensive juggernaut on Tuesday night time at Citi Field. Good factor, too, as a result of they discovered themselves in a slugfest, barely edging the White Sox, 11-10.

Catcher Francisco Alvarez highlighted the scoring for New York with two house runs, his 18th and nineteenth of the season, together with two walks and 4 RBIs in his third multihomer recreation of the yr.

The first house run got here within the first inning off right-hander Lucas Giolito. New York already had a 2-0 lead when Alvarez swung at a 1-0 pitch and hit a two-run homer into the second deck down the left-field line.

Alvarez’s nineteenth homer got here 5 innings later. Left-hander Tanner Banks was on the mound when Alvarez hit one other bomb over the center-field fence for a two-run homer, giving the Mets an 11-4 lead.

But New York’s bullpen had a troublesome time holding the lead within the prime of the seventh, as Chicago strung collectively a five-run rally in opposition to three relievers. Yasmani Grandal highlighted the scoring with a two-run single off right-hander Trevor Gott.

In the top, although, the ‘pen pulled it collectively. Adam Ottavino pitched the eighth, then David Robertson saved his thirteenth recreation of the season, navigating a furry ninth inning to carry house the victory for Alvarez and the Mets.