New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

22-11, 9-8 Away

Final
9 - 3

St. Louis Cardinals

14-19, 10-6 Home

Alonso and Nimmo homer, Mets beat Cardinals 9-3 for ninth straight win over St. Louis

Francisco Alvarez added three singles and three RBI to back Clay Holmes (4-1), and New York got its first win over Sonny Gray (3-1), who had been 4-0 against the Mets.

Alonso put the Mets ahead 4-3 with his eighth homer, a two-run drive on an 0-2 changeup he drove 417 feet into the center-field bleachers.

Nimmo homered leading off the seventh against John King, his seventh home run, and the Mets finished with 17 hits for their second-highest total this season.

New York swept a four-game series from the Cardinals at home last month. The Mets' previous best streak against the Cardinals was an eight-game run in 1986.

Holmes allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings. He was struck on the right ankle by Alec Burleson’s comebacker in the second inning.

Gray gave up five runs — four earned — nine hits and three walks in a season-low 4 1/3 innings.

Masyn Winn had three hits, an RBI. He scored on Willson Contreras’ third-inning single to give St. Louis a 3-2 lead. Holmes retired his next eight batters.

Key moment Contreras couldn’t handle the relay throw for a potential inning-ending double play in the fifth, and Nimmo sped home on the first baseman's error when the ball rolled away. Alvarez followed with an RBI single for a 6-3 lead.

Key stat Alonso has 13 homers in 135 at-bats against St. Louis. His average of one per 10.4 at-bats is the second-highest among players with 100 or more at-bats vs. the Cardinals behind 5.6 for Hall of Famer Jim Thome.

Up next Mets RHP Tylor Megill (3-2, 1.74 ERA), who hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last two starts, starts Saturday against Cardinals RHP Erick Fedde (1-3, 4.68).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pagés grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Gorman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Burleson lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Stanek relieved Buttó
	9th Inning	Lindor grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Acuña hit sacrifice fly to right, Taylor scored.

Statistics

NYM		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	5
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
17	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
21	Fly Balls	17
1	Caught Stealing	1
173	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
26	Total Bases	11
46	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
10.4	Runs Created	2.8
.425	Batting Average	.265
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.650	Slugging Percentage	.324
.300	Secondary Average	.118
.478	On Base Percentage	.286
1.128	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.609
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
10.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.8
63.0	Batter Rating	25.0
20.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.54
.225	Isolated Power	.059
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.087	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.147
17.0	Runs Produced	5.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.3
112.5	MLB Rating	77.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0