New York Mets at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

75-64, 30-37 Away

Final
12 - 5

Detroit Tigers

80-60, 44-27 Home

Alonso hits 2 homers, Soto goes deep again and McLean moves to 4-0 as Mets beat Tigers 12-5

'What is that?' Tigers announcer impressed with this Nolan McLean K

McLean (4-0) recovered from a rocky start to set down his final 14 batters. He gave up two runs on three hits and three walks while striking out seven, becoming the first Mets pitcher to earn a win in each of his first four major league appearances.

Luis Torrens launched a three-run homer for the Mets, who won the series opener 10-8 on Monday. They are five games ahead of Cincinnati and San Francisco for the final National League wild card.

The AL Central-leading Tigers have lost seven of nine.

Alonso’s first homer was a 435-foot drive in the first inning that landed between the first and second row of shrubs behind the center-field wall. Soto and Alonso hit back-to-back solo shots in a six-run seventh that gave the Mets a 12-2 cushion.

Soto has 37 home runs in his first season with New York — five in the past five games. Alonso’s second homer was his 33rd of the year.

Jeff McNeil drove in three runs and finished with three of New York's 17 hits. Brandon Nimmo and Brett Baty also had three hits for the Mets.

Detroit turned a pair of two-out walks into two runs in the first, scoring on singles off McLean before the 24-year-old righty shut them down.

Tigers starter Sawyer Gipson-Long (0-2) gave up six runs on five hits and two walks over four innings, pitching for the first time since Aug. 13 in a season stunted by injuries. Detroit right-hander Chris Paddack, demoted to the bullpen, allowed six runs and eight hits over 1 1/3 innings.

Key moment Torrens homered in a five-run fourth, giving the Mets a 6-2 lead.

Key stat Soto homered again, one day after becoming the first player in the modern era to hit a go-ahead grand slam and a go-ahead triple that scored more than one run in the same game.

Up next Mets RHP Clay Holmes (11-6, 3.60 ERA) and Tigers RHP Casey Mize (12-5, 3.95) are scheduled to start Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Keith flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Sweeney flied out to center, McKinstry to third.
	9th Inning	Dingler singled to right, McKinstry to second.
	9th Inning	Stanek relieved Herget
	9th Inning	McKinstry singled to center, Pérez scored.
	9th Inning	Pérez hit a ground rule double, Malloy scored.

Statistics

NYM		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
19	Ground Balls	12
4	Strikeouts	8
12	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
17	Hits	8
4	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	32
4	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
21	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	1
152	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
30	Total Bases	10
46	Plate Appearances	37
648.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
12.0	Runs Created	3.3
.405	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.714	Slugging Percentage	.313
.452	Secondary Average	.188
.413	On Base Percentage	.351
1.127	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.664
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
11.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
83.0	Batter Rating	32.0
10.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.30	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.310	Isolated Power	.063
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.63
.043	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
.048	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
24.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
124.8	MLB Rating	80.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0