Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo drove in three runs each as the visiting New York Mets rallied for a 7-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
Alonso, who was 1-for-29 in his previous nine games, had a two-run double and a homer. Nimmo hit a three-run homer.
The defeat proved especially costly for the Cardinals, who lost catcher Willson Contreras to a left forearm fracture in the second inning. J.D. Martinez hit him while swinging his bat on a catcher’s-interference incident.
Mets starting pitcher Jose Butto (1-2) allowed three runs on five hits and three walks in five innings. He struck out three.
Adam Ottavino gave up a run in the ninth inning but still earned his first save.
Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs for the Cardinals, who lost for the sixth time in seven games. Brendan Donovan and Lars Nootbaar also went deep for St. Louis.
Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas (2-5) yielded six runs on nine hits in four-plus innings. He fanned three without issuing a walk.
The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead. Donovan led off with his fourth homer of the year before Nootbaar walked and Contreras smacked a double. Nolan Arenado hit a sacrifice fly and Burleson capped the outburst with an RBI single.
New York turned the game in the fifth inning with six-run outburst. Infield singles by Jeff McNeil and Tomas Nido set up the three-run homer from Nimmo, his fifth round-tripper of the season.
Starling Marte doubled, Francisco Lindor singled, and Alonso knocked Mikolas out of the game with his two-run double. Facing Kyle Leahy, Martinez pushed an RBI single through the pulled-in infield to make it 6-3.
Burleson’s sixth-inning homer, his third, cut St. Louis’ deficit to two.
Alonso’s ninth-inning homer, his ninth, made it 7-4. Nootbaar’s blast cut the margin to 7-5 in the bottom of the inning. The Cardinals then got two on base before Ottavino struck out Paul Goldschmidt and Burleson to end the game.
–Field Level Media
