ATLANTA (AP) — Amed Rosario drove in a career-high four runs, rookie Pete Alonso rocketed his latest homer into a terrace fountain far beyond the center field fence and the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Thursday night.
Steven Matz pitched six effective innings to snap the longest streak of no-decisions in Mets history. Rosario hit an early three-run homer and New York ended Atlanta’s three-game winning streak in the opener of a four-game series — the first meeting this season between the NL East rivals.
Alonso lined a two-run shot in the seventh off reliever Jonny Venters, a 454-foot laser with a 118 mph exit velocity that splashed into the tank beyond straightaway center and wound up floating softly in the water.