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ST. LOUIS \u2014 Pete Alonso is off to a nice start in defending his NL Player of the Month title.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After receiving the honor Friday for his March\/April performance, the slugging first baseman was back inflicting damage to help end the Mets\u2019 two-game skid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Mets played to plenty of contact on this night, but Alonso\u2019s fifth-inning homer provided firepower in a 9-3 victory over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alonso launched a two-run, go-ahead blast in helping the Mets win their ninth straight game against the Cardinals dating to last season. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s the Mets\u2019 longest winning streak against their former division foe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a long season, but it\u2019s a good month and I just want to keep this up and keep doing what I can to help win games,\u201d Alonso said before the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alonso posted a 1.131 OPS in March\/April and carried the lineup during a stretch in which Juan Soto, Brandon Nimmo and Mark Vientos, in particular, were slow in getting started offensively.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On this night, all were contributors: The Mets totaled 17 hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clay Holmes received the win after allowing three earned runs on eight hits with three strikeouts over six innings. <\/p>\n
The Cardinals jumped on Holmes early before he completed his outing by retiring 10 of 11 batters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Masyn Winn delivered an RBI single in the first that put Holmes in a 1-0 hole. <\/p>\n
Lars Nootbar doubled leading off for the Cardinals and stole third to start the rally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nimmo walked leading off the second against Sonny Gray and scored the Mets\u2019 first run on Jeff McNeil\u2019s ground out with the bases loaded. <\/p>\n
Francisco Alvarez\u2019s ensuing RBI fielder\u2019s choice gave the Mets a 2-1 lead. <\/p>\n
Jesse Winker and Vientos each singled in the inning behind Nimmo\u2019s walk to load the bases.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alec Burleson hit a shot off Holmes\u2019 ankle to reach on a single in the second inning. <\/p>\n
Holmes, following a visit from manager Carlos Mendoza and the trainer, kept going and got the final two outs in the inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the Cardinals tagged Holmes for four singles in the third inning to put the Mets in a 3-2 hole. <\/p>\n
Victor Scott II singled leading off and, after reaching second on a ground out, stole third and scored on Alvarez\u2019s errant throw. <\/p>\n
After Winn and Brendan Donovan singled in the inning, Willson Contreras delivered a two-out RBI single.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alonso jumped on an 0-2 changeup from Gray in the fifth inning and smashed a two-run homer, clearing the center field fence. <\/p>\n
The blast was Alonso\u2019s eighth this season. <\/p>\n
Soto doubled before Alonso\u2019s homer, which gave the first baseman 30 RBIs in 33 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Cardinals provided a gift to the Mets later in the inning. <\/p>\n
Vientos hit what should have been an inning-ending double-play grounder, but Contreras dropped Winn\u2019s throw, allowing Nimmo to score. <\/p>\n
Alvarez\u2019s RBI single widened the lead to 6-3. <\/p>\n
Nimmo and Jesse Winker had singled in succession to extend the rally following Alonso\u2019s homer. <\/p>\n
McNeil singled ahead of Alvarez\u2019s RBI single.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gray was removed after 4 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings in which he allowed nine hits and three walks. <\/p>\n
He surrendered six runs, one of which was unearned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nimmo padded the Mets\u2019 lead with a homer leading off the seventh against John King. <\/p>\n
It was Nimmo\u2019s third homer of the week \u2014 he hit two Monday, including a grand slam, as part of his franchise record-tying nine-RBI performance against the Nationals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alvarez stroked an RBI single in the inning that buried the Cardinals in an 8-3 hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alvarez\u2019s third hit of the game helped the Mets score their final run, on Luisangel Acu\u00f1a\u2019s sacrifice fly in the ninth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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