Pete Alonso smashes grand slam as Mets bats break out in destruction of Marlins
Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.MIAMI — The torpedo doors remained shut, but Pete Alonso had little trouble sinking the enemy fleet Monday night.Alonso, who before the game told The Post he doesn’t use the innovative torpedo bat that has become the buzz of MLB following the Yankees homer barrage over the weekend — but will “probably order some and try them out” — got the Mets resembling a destructive force for the first time this season.Alonso’s grand slam was one of four homers hit by the Mets in a 10-4 demolition of the Marlins at loanDepot park.After three frustrating offensive games in Houston, where they managed only five runs total and lost twice, the Mets jumped all over right-hander Cal Quantrill in the fifth inning and coasted.Among the few not involved in the outburst was Francisco Lindor — he was given a night off after returning from Orlando, Fla., where his wife Katia gave birth Sunday to the couple’s third child (and first son).Starling Marte, Luis Torrens and Brandon Nimmo also went deep for the Mets, whose only homer over the first three games was Juan Soto’s blast on Friday.All of it provided plenty of support for David Peterson, who allowed two earned runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and three walks over six innings.
The lefty became the first Mets starting pitcher of the season to finish six innings.Peterson struck out three batters in the first inning but allowed a solo homer to Otto Lopez that put the Mets in a 1-0 hole.Marte, batting leadoff in Lindor’s absence, homered in the third to tie it 1-1.Marte fell behind by taking a curveball for a strike before jumping on the next pitch — a hanging curve — and clearing the left field fence.The Mets turned the game into a runaway in the fifth, with Alonso’s fourth career grand slam as the catalyst.
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