Pete Alonso hit a walk-off three-run homer with nobody out in the 10th inning as the New York Mets ended a season-worst eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon.
The Mets (77-73) avoided their first nine-game skid since an 11-game slide in 2004 when Alonso came through following an intentional walk to Juan Soto by rookie Luis Curvelo (1-1).
Alonso won it when he hit a 1-1 sinker over the right field fence. He flipped his helmet in the air and ripped off his jersey as his teammates awaited him at the plate. It was Alonso’s fifth career walk-off homer and first since May 17, 2023, against Tampa Bay’s Pete Fairbanks.
Alonso’s clutch homer allowed the Mets to remain in the NL’s third wild-card spot. New York leads the San Francisco Giants by 1 1/2 games.
Texas (79-71) saw its six-game winning streak stopped. The Rangers trail the Houston Astros by two games for the third wild-card spot in the American League.
Mariners 11, Angels 2
Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 54th home run of the season, tying Mickey Mantle’s record for a switch hitter set in 1961, as host Seattle took sole possession of first place in the American League West with a victory against Los Angeles.
Jorge Polanco tied a franchise record with three doubles and Julio Rodriguez added two more with two runs and two RBIs as the Mariners won their ninth game in a row. Starter George Kirby (9-7) gave up two runs on three hits over 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander didn’t walk a batter and tied his career high with 14 strikeouts.
Christian Moore and Oswald Peraza hit solo homers for the Angels. Kyle Hendricks (7-10), who gave up Raleigh’s two-run homer on a first-pitch sinker, allowed nine runs on 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings, with two walks and six strikeouts.
Nationals 4, Pirates 3
Daylen Lile’s eighth-inning double drove in the go-ahead run and host Washington rallied past Pittsburgh to take the rubber game of the series.
James Wood walked leading off the eighth against Isaac Mattson (3-3). With one out, Lile doubled to left center and when Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz couldn’t cut the ball off, Wood came all the way around to score the go-ahead run. The Nationals have won three of their past four series and split the other one. Jackson Rutledge (4-2) pitched one inning for the win.
Pittsburgh’s Jared Triolo walked with two outs in the ninth and Spencer Horwitz singled, but Clayton Beeter struck out Bryan Reynolds for his first major league save. Cruz had two hits for the Pirates, who have lost eight of nine.
Dodgers 10, Giants 2
Michael Conforto contributed a two-run, pinch-hit single to a four-run fifth inning, Tyler Glasnow pitched effectively into the seventh and Los Angeles secured a second consecutive road in San Franscisco.
Teoscar Hernandez collected four hits while Conforto, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman all finished with three for the Dodgers, who needed the win to remain 2 1/2 games up in the National League West over the San Diego Padres.
San Francisco’s loss narrowed the gap between the Giants and the Diamondbacks for fourth place in the NL wild-card race. Giants starter Robbie Ray (11-7) was charged with five of the six runs in his four-plus innings.
Braves 8, Astros 3
Ozzie Albies drove in three runs to help Atlanta defeat visiting Houston and end its four-game losing streak.
The win allowed Atlanta to salvage a game in the three-game series. Houston finished its road trip with a 4-5 record. Albies was 2-for-5 with three RBIs. He drove in two runs on a single in the fifth inning, when Atlanta rallied for three runs to break a 2-2 tie and take the lead for good. He added an RBI double.
Padres 9, Rockies 6
Jackson Merrill belted a three-run homer to help host San Diego overcome Mickey Moniak’s two-homer, five-RBI performance in a victory versus Colorado.
Fernando Tatis Jr. collected three hits and four of his teammates had two for the Padres, who bolted to a 7-0 advantage after three innings. Yu Darvish (4-5) allowed three runs on four hits in five-plus innings.
Moniak recorded four hits to lead the comeback bid of the Rockies. He homered off to lead off the fourth inning, had a three-run shot in the sixth and added an RBI single in the seventh to trim San Diego’s lead to 7-6. Losing pitcher German Marquez (3-14) permitted seven runs (six earned) on nine hits in 2 1/3 innings.