Mets 10, Marlins 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 a 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 against Connor Gillispie leading off the bottom of the inning. 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, 11 of them in the first five games of the six-game homestand.

Lindor added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Marte, Juan Soto and Hayden Senger had two hits apiece.

Javier Sanoja had two hits for the Marlins.

Holmes allowed four runs on five hits and three walks while striking out a career-high 10 over 5 1/3 innings. The win was the first for Holmes as a starter since his rookie season in 2018.

Gillispie gave up two runs on three hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings.

–Field Level Media