Angels, Pete Alonso and New York Mets
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For as pleasant as the contributions of the Mets’ younger hitters have been the past two days at Citi Field, this offense will not -- cannot -- return to prime form until Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso do the same.
Francisco Lindor drove in two runs and Pete Alonso homered to power the Mets to a sweep of the Angels on Wednesday at Citi Field.
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amNewYork on MSNMets’ big bats break out, complete sweep of Angels ahead of West Coast tripThe New York Mets ambushed Los Angeles Angels pitching early, allowing them to finish a 6-3 win and sweep on Wednesday afternoon. Francisco Lindor ended an 0-for-31 skid to support home runs by Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo.
Entering Tuesday’s play, the Mets ranked 16th in the Majors in runs per game at 4.38, which is hardly where they thought they’d be when manager Carlos Mendoza began toying with potential lineup orders over the winter.
Pete Alonso didn’t start Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds because of a right hand contusion, putting in jeopardy the New York Mets All-Star first baseman’s team record for consecutive games played.
Mets star Pete Alonso is expected to return to the starting lineup on Monday after dealing with a right-hand contusion.
New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso avoided ending his streak of consecutive games played on Sunday. Alonso entered the team's clash with the Cincinnati Reds in the seventh inning after he was initially out of the starting lineup with a hand injury (h/t Will Sammon of The Athletic).
Bottles gone and bats looking ready to break out, the young trio was at the center of their one big, three-run inning that became the only offense the Mets needed in a 3-2 victory over the Angels in front of a sellout crowd of 43,