NEW YORK — Pete Alonso hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the sixth inning, and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Friday night.
Alonso's high drive to left field off Josiah Gray made it 4-3 and kicked off a four-run inning. He has 32 homers and leads the NL with 106 RBIs, 18 short of the team record shared by Mike Piazza in 1999 and David Wright in 2006.
"Anybody analytically that tells you it's not real, it's real — guys have a different level when there's RBIs out there and people on base and teammates, more importantly," Mets manager Buck Showalter said.