Toronto Blue Jays at New York Mets

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Toronto Blue Jays

5-3, 0-1 Away

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New York Mets

4-3, 1-0 Home

Alonso and Soto power Mets past Blue Jays 5-0 in Citi Field opener

Juan Soto gets big reception in his Mets home debut

Tylor Megill (2-0) pitched two-hit ball over 5 1/3 innings and New York's bullpen, off to a terrific start, took it from there as the Mets ended Toronto’s four-game winning streak before a sellout crowd of 43,945.

Soto and Brandon Nimmo each had an RBI double off rookie left-handed reliever Mason Fluharty in a three-run sixth. Starling Marte provided a sacrifice fly, and the Mets improved to 42-22 in home openers.

Francisco Lindor doubled on the first pitch from Kevin Gausman (1-1), and Soto received a standing ovation as he stepped to the plate for his first at-bat in Queens since signing a record $765 million, 15-year contract to join the Mets as a free agent in December.

With fans on their feet and cell phone cameras out, and his No. 22 jersey dotting the stands, Soto popped up. But then Alonso sent a 1-2 fastball the other way over the right-field fence for his third home run in four games.

Also a free agent last offseason, Alonso returned to the Mets on a $54 million, two-year deal. After rounding the bases, the homegrown fan favorite came out of the dugout for a curtain call.

Key moment With a 2-0 lead, Megill was lifted after issuing consecutive one-out walks in the sixth. Reed Garrett struck out cleanup batter Andrés Giménez, threw a wild pitch that advanced both runners, and then whiffed Alejandro Kirk to end the threat. A.J. Minter and Max Kranick completed the four-hitter.

Key stats New York has won all eight of Megill's starts since Aug. 30. He is 4-0 with a 1.96 ERA during that stretch, and 9-2 with a 2.54 ERA in 13 career starts in March and April.

Up next Toronto RHP Chris Bassitt (1-0, 1.50 ERA) faces his former team in the middle game of the series Saturday night. RHP Griffin Canning (0-1, 3.18) makes his second start for the Mets.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wagner popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Springer lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Kirk grounded out to third.
	8th Inning	Nimmo grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Alonso flied out to right.
	8th Inning	Soto stole second.

Statistics

TOR		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	6
10	Strikeouts	1
0	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	26
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	6
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	10
34	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
0.8	Runs Created	3.4
.129	Batting Average	.154
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.385
.161	Secondary Average	.462
.206	On Base Percentage	.258
.399	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.643
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
0.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
6.5	Batter Rating	35.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	26.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.09	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.26
.065	Isolated Power	.231
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	4.00
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.129
.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.308
0.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
60.5	MLB Rating	79.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0