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09/04 21:26 CDT Alvarez hits 2 homers and Mets go deep 5 times to back McLean
in 10-6 win over Giants
Alvarez hits 2 homers and Mets go deep 5 times to back McLean in 10-6 win over
Giants
By JERRY BEACH
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Francisco Alvarez hit two of New York's five home runs Friday
night, leading Nolan McLean and the Mets to a 10-6 win over the San Francisco
Giants.
Mark Vientos, Bo Bichette and Francisco Lindor also went deep for the Mets, who
scored 10 runs for the second consecutive game and matched their season high
for homers. New York also connected five times May 14 against Detroit and Aug.
22 at the Chicago White Sox.
Rafael Devers homered and drove in five runs for the Giants in a series opener
between disappointing teams.
The two-homer game was the third this season for Alvarez and the eighth of his
career. Alvarez's first drive in the second inning was his first homer since
Aug. 9. He batted just .125 (7 for 56) with two doubles in between.
Vientos' three-run shot off rookie Matt Wilkinson (0-3) in the first was his
second homer in four games since he returned from a nearly two-month stint on
the injured list due to a broken right hand.
Bichette homered to cap a four-run outburst in the second. He is batting .309
with 10 homers and 40 RBIs in his last 78 games.
Lindor had two hits --- his first multihit game since Aug. 25.
McLean (11-8) gave up two runs and six hits with seven strikeouts and four
walks. He threw a career-high 105 pitches over six innings.
The rookie right-hander is 9-4 with a 2.24 ERA in his past 17 starts.
Devers hit a two-run double off McLean and a three-run homer off reliever
Austin Warren. The slugger's 33 homers are the most by a Giants player since
Barry Bonds had 45 in 2004.
Turner Hill added an RBI single for San Francisco.
Wilkinson allowed seven runs (four earned) and five hits in three innings.
Up next Giants RHP Anthony Molina (2-0, 3.77 ERA) faces Mets LHP Zac Thornton (3-4, 2.93) in the middle game of the series Saturday. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here |
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