Pete Alonso may not love the times he serves because the Mets’ designated hitter, however the position definitely has agreed with him thus far in its first 12 months of existence within the Nationwide League.
Alonso belted his third dwelling run of the season — all coming in his three begins as a DH — to assist the Mets to a 5-0 victory Sunday over the Diamondbacks at Citi Discipline.
Earlier than the sport, Buck Showalter stated he’d knowledgeable Alonso and defined the rationale of his plan to have Dominic Smith man first base within the sequence finale.
“I informed him, ‘Perceive, I’m making an attempt to determine a method to have you ever play 150-160 [games], a whole lot of video games for us. That is designed to have you ever accessible to us as a lot as doable,’ ” Showalter stated. “Pete’s our first baseman, he’s going to play nearly all of our video games at first base, however once we DH him, it’s designed to maintain him on the sector for the lengthy haul.”
Alonso ripped his solely two earlier dwelling runs this season with 9 RBI over two begins at designated hitter, April 9 at Washington and April 13 in Philadelphia. Alonso’s two-run blast to left-center in Sunday’s seventh inning towards Arizona righty Matt Peacock prolonged the Mets’ result in 5-0.
In the meantime, even the No. 7 starter on the Mets’ depth chart is throwing nothing however zeroes, as David Peterson lasted 4 ¹/₃ scoreless innings instead of injured starter Taijuan Walker. Regardless of additionally being with out ace Jacob deGrom (shoulder), the beginning employees’s ERA was lowered to a league-best 1.07 by way of 10 video games.
Trevor Williams, Chasen Shreve (two innings), Drew Smith and Edwin Diaz mixed to file the ultimate 14 outs to finish the pitching employees’s third mixed shutout already by way of the group’s 7-3 begin.
Peterson didn’t make the Opening Day roster, however the lefty allowed no runs on three hits with two walks and 4 strikeouts earlier than Showalter pulled him for Williams after 80 pitches with one down within the fifth. Peterson additionally tossed 4 scoreless innings in reduction of Walker (shoulder) in Philadelphia on Monday.
Nonetheless, the Mets managed just one hit towards Arizona starter Humberto Castellanos by way of his 4 scoreless innings, a single to left by James McCann within the third.
The Mets maintained the scoreless knot within the sixth. The inning started with Starling Marte turning a catchable ball right into a sun-aided double for the second time within the sport. Shreve relieved Williams and retired the facet, nonetheless, stranding Christian Walker at third.
The Mets cashed in on some shoddy Arizona protection within the backside half to interrupt by way of for 3 runs. Diamondbacks proper fielder Pavin Smith overthrew second base on Eduardo Escobar’s one-out double, enabling Alonso to attain.
Pinch-hitter J.D. Davis added an RBI single towards 40-year-old former Mets lefty Oliver Perez earlier than McCann made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly to left.
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