Pete Alonso smashed his latest milestone home run, putting the New York Mets in the win column.
Alonso hit his 30th home run and surpassed 100 RBIs, Starling Marte stole home with Brett Baty. for a 5-0 lead, and the Mets continued their season-long mastery of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 7-2 win on Friday night at Citizens Bank park.
The NL East-leading Mets improved to 12-4 against the Phillies this season -- 5-2 in Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s wild-card chase could be on shaky ground with three more games this weekend against the Mets.
Phillies starter Aaron Nola caught some bad luck in the first when third baseman Alec Bohm’s throwing error on Alonso’s fielder’s choice -- his 10th error out of 51 for the Phillies, saw a Phillies run come home.
Alonso lined a two-run shot to left in the third and became the fifth player in Mets history with multiple 30-home run seasons. He joined New York long ball specialists Mike Piazza, Howard Johnson, Darryl Strawberry and Dave Kingman on that list. Alonso is on pace for 40 homers this season at this rate. The Phillies stranded nine runners stranded and mustered little offense against Chris Bassitt (11-7 3.26 ERA). Bassitt, who had not allowed an earned run over his last 24 innings, gave up seven hits and threw 104 pitches in six innings.
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