Mets Roll By Marlins

     The New York Mets hammered the Miami Marlins 10-4 at Citi Field on Friday night. It was the first time that both clubs faced each other in the 2022 regular season. The Marlins have fallen in four of their last five games and are 3-4 on their 10-game road trip. 

     New York(43-23) ripped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Francisco Lindor powered a three-run homer to right field on a 0-1 pitch. Starling Marte and Brandon Nimmo were able to score in front of him on the play. 

     Miami(28-34) responded and made it 3-1 in the top of the fifth. Bryan De La Cruz bashed a solo home run to left field on a 3-2 count for his third homer of the year. 

     The Mets came down like an avalanche and compiled seven runs in the sixth inning to lead 10-1. It was capped by a Pete Alonso grand-slam homer over the left-center field fence on the first pitch with J.D. Davis, Marte and Lindor aboard. Alonso connected with his 19th home run of the season. He passed Todd Hundley and tied Lucas Duda for eighth all-time in Mets franchise history with his 125th career homer.