Francisco Lindor tied a career high with seven RBIs thanks to a grand slam and a bases-clearing double, sending the New York Mets to a 17-6 romp over the host Oakland Athletics in the opener of an interleague series on Friday.

Starling Marte drove in three runs and Brandon Nimmo scored three times for the Mets, who scored six times in both the second and fifth innings while posting the highest run total in a major league game this year.

The big lead seemingly set the stage for New York starter Kodai Senga to earn his third straight win.

However, the right-hander couldn’t complete the required five innings. He was pulled two outs into the fifth after having served up a solo home run to Aledmys Diaz, his first of the season, before walking Conner Capel to drive his pitch count to 96. The Mets were up 12-4 at the time.

Stephen Nogosek got the final out of the fifth and two more in the sixth, but not before Brent Rooker belted his fourth homer of the season — all in the last three days — to get Oakland within 13-5.

Dennis Santana (1-0) finished the fifth, completed the sixth and seventh, and was rewarded with the win, New York’s second straight.

Senga was charged with four runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out seven.

Lindor’s grand slam, the sixth of his career, capped New York’s six-run second off A’s starter James Kaprielian (0-2). Nimmo and Marte had opened the Mets’ scoring in the inning with bases-loaded walks.

A two-run Shea Langeliers homer, his third of the year, got Oakland within 6-3 before the Mets’ second six-run eruption. Again, Nimmo (hit by pitch) and Marte (walk) produced runs without getting hits, and once again the bases were loaded for Lindor, who this time doubled to left.

The seven RBIs equaled the number Lindor had in his previous career-best effort for Cleveland against the Kansas City Royals on July 2, 2018. The homer was his third of the season.

Kaprielian was charged with six runs on four hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked seven and struck out four.

The Mets added four runs in the ninth, an inning that ended with Oakland backup catcher Carlos Perez recording the final two outs but also issued the Athletics’ 17th walk of the night.

The 17 free passes were the most ever drawn by the Mets and the second-most ever handed out by the A’s. The Philadelphia Athletics walked 18 batters in a 16-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers on May 9, 1916.

Nimmo, Marte, Pete Alonso and Luis Guillorme joined Lindor with two hits apiece for the Mets.

Langeliers also had a double, a single and two runs for the A’s, while Diaz, Rooker, Capel and Esteury Ruiz had two hits each. In losing for the eighth time in its last nine games, Oakland out-hit the visitors 13-11 and out-homered them 3-1.

–Field Level Media

Rowdy Tellez led a 15-hit attack with two homers and four RBIs and left-hander Eric Lauer allowed one run over six innings Friday night as the Milwaukee Brewers routed the host San Diego Padres 11-2.

The Brewers finished with nine extra-base hits — including four doubles in a four-run first inning off Padres’ starter Michael Wacha. Christian Yelich smacked a solo homer off Wacha in the second.

Milwaukee set season highs for hits and extra-base hits and have won the first two games of the four-game series. Tellez is 4-for-8 in the two games with three homers and seven RBIs.

The only run against Lauer (2-1) was a solo homer leading off the fifth by Padres catcher Luis Campusano. Lauer allowed five hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

The Brewers got all the runs they needed in the first against Wacha (2-1).

Yelich and Willy Adames opened the game with doubles for the first run. After Wacha retired the next two hitters, Milwaukee got three straight hits for three more runs — an RBI double by Brian Anderson, a run-scoring single by Luke Voit and a double by Mike Brosseau that scored Voit from first.

Wacha then gave up solo homers to Yelich in the second and Tellez in the fifth. Tellez’s second home run was a three-run shot off Nabil Crismatt in the sixth.

Voit had three hits for the Brewers. Tellez, Yelich, Adames, Anderson and Owen Miller all had two hits for the Brewers. Anderson had two doubles and two RBIs, and Voit also drove in a pair.

Meanwhile, Lauer retired the first eight Padres he faced before Jose Azocar doubled with two out in the third. That was the Padres’ only hit until Campusano’s homer.

Wacha was charged with seven runs on 11 hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. First baseman Brandon Dixon pitched a perfect ninth for the Padres.

–Field Level Media

Justin Steele tossed seven strong innings and Yan Gomes hit two of the visiting Chicago Cubs’ five solo home runs in an 8-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.

Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki and Patrick Wisdom also homered for Chicago, which had lost its last 10 games against the Dodgers dating to June 25, 2021. Happ had four hits, three RBIs and a stolen base.

Steele (2-0) allowed two runs on three hits with one walk and eight strikeouts. The left-hander has given up a total of three runs in his first three starts covering 19 innings.

Gomes was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, three runs scored and a stolen base for Chicago, which has won six of its last eight games.

The Cubs led 3-2 before hitting three homers in the eighth inning against Dodgers reliever Andre Jackson. Happ and Suzuki hit back-to-back home runs to begin the inning before Wisdom added a one-out blast to left field.

The Dodgers were held to three hits, including solo homers by Chris Taylor and Max Muncy. Los Angeles has lost five of its last seven.

Chicago claimed an early lead with two outs in the third inning. Happ’s ground-rule double against Noah Syndergaard (0-2) scored Gomes, who singled to begin the inning and stole second base.

The Dodgers responded in the bottom half of the third on Taylor’s leadoff homer to left-center field. The home run was Taylor’s third of the season and snapped an 0-for-12 skid.

Chicago moved ahead 2-1 in the fourth when former Dodger Cody Bellinger hit a leadoff double and later scored on Eric Hosmer’s groundout.

Gomes added another run with a solo homer to begin the fifth inning off Syndergaard, who allowed three runs on six hits over six frames. He walked two with a season-high nine strikeouts.

Steele retired eight batters in a row before Muncy cut the lead to 3-2 with a leadoff homer in the seventh. The 389-foot shot was Muncy’s fifth homer in his last four games and 150th of his career.

Chicago added two insurance runs in the ninth when Gomes hit a leadoff homer and Happ delivered a run-scoring double with one out.

Suzuki made his season debut after suffering a left oblique strain during spring training, while Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson went 0-for-5 with a career-high five strikeouts.

–Field Level Media