Alonso and Nimmo homer, Mets beat Cardinals 9-3 for ninth straight win
over St. Louis
[May 03, 2025]
By JEFF LATZKE
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo homered
and the New York Mets beat St. Louis 9-3 on Friday night to avoid their
first three-game losing streak this season and win their ninth straight
game against the Cardinals.
Francisco Alvarez added three singles and three RBIs to back Clay Holmes
(4-1), and New York got its first win over Sonny Gray (3-1), who had
been 4-0 against the Mets. |
St. Louis Cardinals' Victor Scott II is unable to catch a two-run home
run by New York Mets' Pete Alonso during the fifth inning of a baseball
game Friday, May 2, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane) |
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Alonso put the Mets ahead 4-3 with his eighth
homer, a two-run drive on an 0-2 changeup he drove 417 feet into
the center-field bleachers.
Nimmo homered leading off the seventh against John King, his
seventh home run, and the Mets finished with 17 hits for their
second-highest total this season.
New York swept a four-game series from the Cardinals at home
last month. The Mets' previous best streak against the Cardinals
was an eight-game run in 1986.
Holmes allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings. He was
struck on the right ankle by Alec Burleson’s comebacker in the
second inning.
Gray gave up five runs — four earned — nine hits and three walks
in a season-low 4 1/3 innings.
Masyn Winn had three hits, an RBI. He scored on Willson
Contreras’ third-inning single to give St. Louis a 3-2 lead.
Holmes retired his next eight batters.
Key moment
Contreras couldn’t handle the relay throw for a potential
inning-ending double play in the fifth, and Nimmo sped home on
the first baseman's error when the ball rolled away. Alvarez
followed with an RBI single for a 6-3 lead.
Key stat
Alonso has 13 homers in 135 at-bats against St. Louis. His
average of one per 10.4 at-bats is the second-highest among
players with 100 or more at-bats vs. the Cardinals behind 5.6
for Hall of Famer Jim Thome.
Up next
Mets RHP Tylor Megill (3-2, 1.74 ERA), who hasn’t allowed an
earned run in his last two starts, starts Saturday against
Cardinals RHP Erick Fedde (1-3, 4.68).
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