Francisco Alvarez goes deep twice as Mets sweep doubleheader with Phillies

Francisco Alvarez hit two home runs, one of which was a grand slam, as the Mets blew out the Phillies and won 11-4 in the second game of their doubleheader on Saturday. Having beaten the Phillies earlier in the day, that gave the Mets a relatively rare doubleheader sweep.

Brett Baty drove in the Mets’ first run of the night on a single in the first that scored Francisco Lindor. Alvarez’s first home run was a two-run shot that came in the bottom of the second. Ronny Mauricio smoked a double that drove in the team’s fourth run in the bottom of the third, and Alvarez hit the aforementioned grand slam later in that inning.

With the Mets up 8-0, the Phillies didn’t exactly make things interesting…