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04/04 01:29 CDT Alvarez hits 2 homers and Mets bust out at the plate to back
McLean in 10-3 blowout of Giants
Alvarez hits 2 homers and Mets bust out at the plate to back McLean in 10-3
blowout of Giants
By STEVE KRONER
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --- Francisco Alvarez homered twice and rookie Nolan McLean
retired his first 15 batters as the New York Mets snapped a three-game skid
Friday night with a 10-3 rout of the San Francisco Giants.
Bo Bichette and Marcus Semien each had three of New York's season-high 15 hits
after the Mets totaled only three runs in their previous three games. Mark
Vientos reached base safely four times, but slugger Juan Soto exited early with
right calf tightness.
Soto is scheduled for an MRI on Saturday, manager Carlos Mendoza said.
Semien launched his first homer for the Mets and drove in three runs. Bichette
opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first.
McLean (1-0) took a perfect game into the sixth before walking Harrison Bader
and Patrick Bailey to begin the inning. Jerar Encarnacion flied out to right
field, but Willy Adames doubled to right-center to bring home Bader and end
McLean's night.
The right-hander was charged with two runs (one earned). He struck out four.
Four relievers combined to finish a five-hitter.
Run-scoring singles by Bichette and Semien off Tyler Mahle (0-2) gave the Mets
a 2-0 lead in the first.
Semien drilled a two-run homer to center off Mahle in the fourth. One out
later, Alvarez also took Mahle deep to center.
Alvarez led off the Mets' three-run seventh with a homer to left against JT
Brubaker, giving the catcher three home runs this season and six career
multihomer games.
Soto singled in the first and appeared to slow up while running from first to
third on Bichette's RBI single. He was forced out at home when Brett Baty
grounded into a 1-2-3 double play, and Tyrone Taylor replaced Soto in left
field for the bottom of the inning.
The 27-year-old Soto has hit safely in all eight games this season. He's in the
second season of a record $765 million, 15-year contract with the Mets. He had
43 homers and 105 RBIs while playing in 160 games last season.
Up next
Mets RHP Clay Holmes (1-0) faces Giants RHP Landen Roupp on Saturday night.
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