Pete Alonso continues hot start as Mets double up Marlins, 10-5

Pete Alonso continued his torrid start Tuesday afternoon, producing two hits and four RBIs for the surging New York Mets in a 10-5 win over the visiting Miami Marlins in the middle game of a three-game series.Brandon Nimmo laced the tie-breaking RBI double off Calvin Faucher (0-2) in the fifth inning for the Mets, who have won six straight. Liam Hicks collected three RBIs — two more than he had in his first seven big league games combined — and Derek Hill hit a two-run homer for the Marlins, who have dropped four of five.Hicks’ two-run first-inning single gave the Marlins an early lead against Clay Holmes (1-1), but Francisco Lindor homered leading off the bottom of the inning against Connor Gillispie. It was the fifth straight game Lindor has led off with a hit.Alonso tied the score with a wind-aided bloop RBI double down the right-field line in the third. The game was moved from 7:10 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. due to the windy and cold conditions in New York. Winds were blowing 19 mph from left to right with a first-pitch temperature of 43 degrees.Starling Marte added a two-run single later in the fifth to extend the Mets’ lead to 6-2. Hicks delivered an RBI groundout immediately before Hill’s homer in the sixth, but Alonso laced a bases-clearing double in the bottom half.Alonso, whose free agency extended into February before he re-signed with the Mets just before spring training started, has 15 RBIs this season, including 11 in the first five games of the six-game homestand.Lindor added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

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