Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso lead Mets to win over Blue Jays

Jeff McNeil left his fatigue within the dugout and grinded via an vital at-bat for the Mets on Sunday.

Summoned to pinch hit within the sixth inning after lacking three straight begins with what had been described as fatigue in his left leg, McNeil fell behind with two fast strikes towards former teammate Jacob Barnes. He labored the depend full and stroked a two-run double that was good for the go-ahead runs within the Mets’ 5-4 victory over the Blue Jays at Citi Discipline.

The Mets received a second straight collection and can now put together for a five-game division conflict that begins Monday with a doubleheader towards the Braves.

Supervisor Luis Rojas gambled within the sixth and received, selecting McNeil to pinch hit for Tomas Nido with two outs and two runners on base after Pete Alonso had already stroked a game-tying homer within the inning.

Though Trevor Could allowed three straight hits to start the eighth, together with an RBI single to Teoscar Hernandez that pulled the Blue Jays inside 5-4, the Mets escaped with the lead. Aaron Loup recorded a crucial out, retiring Cavan Biggio with the bases loaded and Edwin Diaz labored a scoreless ninth for his twenty first save in 26 probabilities.

Alonso’s two-run homer within the sixth tied it at three. The blast was Alonso’s eleventh in his final 24 video games and third since Friday, when he hit two to steer a victory over the Blue Jays. Michael Conforto walked within the inning and superior to second on a wild pitch earlier than Alonso hit a shot into the left-field seats. Upon returning to the dugout he hoisted the staff’s new “Dwelling run horse” as a part of the celebration.

In his Mets debut, Wealthy Hill lasted five-plus innings and allowed three earned runs on 5 hits with two walks and one strikeout. The left-hander, who arrived in a commerce with the Rays on Friday, was going through the Rays for the second time in 14 days.

Hill loaded the bases with no one out within the sixth earlier than Seth Lugo entered and allowed a two-run single to Bo Bichette. The following batter, Teoscar Herandez, hit a grounder to 3rd base on which J.D. Davis threw to the plate as an alternative of making an attempt to start out a double play. The ball was dislodged from Tomas Nido’s mitt as he utilized the tag, extending the Blue Jays’ result in 3-1. However additional injury was averted as Lugo struck out Randal Grichuk and retired Alejandro Kirk and Biggio in succession.

The rally had began as Hill launched into his third time via the batting order. George Springer was hit by a pitch and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled into the right-center hole earlier than Marcus Semien walked to load the bases. Hill had restricted the Blue Jays to 1 base runner in every of the earlier 5 innings.