ATLANTA — Pete Alonso drove in six runs with 5 hits — together with a three-run homer that helped result in Julio Teheran’s shortest profession begin — and the Mets held on within the ninth inning to beat the Atlanta Braves, 10-8, on Thursday evening.
Alonso’s first-inning homer carried 451 toes earlier than making a splash touchdown within the pool behind the center-field wall.
Alonso’s 39th homer tied Cody Bellinger for the Nationwide League rookie file. Bellinger hit 39 homers for the Dodgers in 2017, the identical 12 months the Yankees’ Aaron Decide set the main league rookie mark with 52.
Alonso set profession highs for hits and R.B.I.
The Mets had a season-high 23 hits. Amed Rosario’s career-high 5 hits included two doubles, two singles and a triple. Wilson Ramos had 4 hits.
Issues received precarious within the ninth inning when the Mets allowed three house runs. Freddie Freeman and Josh Donaldson every hit his second homer of the sport within the inning and Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a two-run shot — all in opposition to Drew Gagnon.
Edwin Díaz walked Brian McCann earlier than hanging out Ender Inciarte for his 25th save.
Marcus Stroman (7-11) allowed three runs, two earned, on 4 hits in 5⅓ innings. The suitable-hander earned his first win in three begins since being traded to the Mets from Toronto on July 28.
Stroman gave up homers to Matt Joyce within the fourth and Donaldson within the sixth.
The Mets, making an attempt to remain shut within the N.L. wild-card race, snapped a three-game shedding streak that included the primary two video games of the sequence.
Teheran (7-8) walked three straight batters to pressure in a run within the second. He left the sport after giving up a run-scoring single to Ramos. Teheran recorded solely 4 outs whereas giving up eight hits and 6 runs.
Todd Frazier’s third-inning homer off Josh Tomlin elevated the Mets’ result in 7-0.
Alonso drove in two runs with a fifth-inning single off Tomlin and added a run-scoring single off Anthony Swarzak within the seventh.
Acuña robbed J.D. Davis of a homer within the sixth by leaping and reaching above the yellow line atop the left-field wall for a catch. Acuña landed in a sitting place on the warning monitor earlier than pausing and throwing the ball again to the infield as followers cheered.
Teheran fell to 1-2 in 4 begins in opposition to the Mets this season, together with three straight by which he did not last more than 4 innings.