LOS ANGELES — Pete Alonso is bingeing once more.
The participant who carried the Mets offensively for this season’s first month earlier than hibernating for a lot of Could was and not using a multihomer sport this season as Wednesday’s play in opposition to the Dodgers started.
Two massive swings later, Alonso’s to-do listing was an merchandise shorter.
Alonso homered twice and drove in 5 runs — tying him for the NL lead in RBIs — in carrying the Mets to a 6-1 victory at Dodger Stadium.
After hitting a two-run blast within the first inning, Alonso delivered the knockout punch with a three-run shot within the eighth, permitting the Mets a measure of consolation after two straight nights of needing a tenth inning to resolve the result.
The Mets, who gained for the fifth time in six video games, rebounded from their walk-off Tuesday loss by refusing to offer oxygen to the Dodgers.
That meant establishing a fast lead and utilizing Griffin Canning’s proper arm to stifle the Dodgers earlier than Alonso may ice it along with his rocket into the left discipline seats in opposition to Ryan Loutos.
Alonso’s two homers gave him three prior to now 5 video games, a stretch wherein he has delivered 10 RBIs.
General, Alonso has 53 RBIs this season, tying him with Seiya Suzuki for the Nationwide League lead.
Rafael Devers leads MLB with 54 RBIs.
The Mets will go for the sequence victory on Thursday.
Already, they’re 4-2 in opposition to the Dodgers this season.
Canning needed to navigate a troublesome stretch of the Dodgers lineup if he was going to finish six innings on this night time.
Already, the Mets right-hander had struck out Shohei Ohtani to finish the fifth. Canning’s mission now was Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández, and ideally simply these three hitters.
Canning aced the check in 14 pitches, retiring the facet so as.
It was the springboard the Mets wanted with a drained bullpen. José Castillo adopted with two shutout innings earlier than Ryne Stanek surrendered a homer to Andy Pages within the ninth.
Alonso related within the first inning for a two-run homer in opposition to Tony Gonsolin that gave Canning a 3-0 lead earlier than he threw a pitch.
Francisco Lindor was drilled within the foot by a pitch main off the sport, and Brandon Nimmo reached on Enrique Hernández’s fielding error, placing runners on the corners.
Nimmo stole second and Juan Soto’s ensuing grounder introduced in Lindor from third. Alonso jumped on a first-pitch slider and cleared the fence in right-center.
The Mets had an opportunity to widen that lead within the third, after Nimmo singled and Soto walked. However Gonsolin retired Alonso and Baty in succession to flee the inning.
Soto drew a two-out stroll within the fifth, however Alonso whiffed — the Mets’ sixth strikeout of the night time and third in two innings. Jared Younger had walked main off the fourth however was left stranded after Ronny Mauricio struck out for the second time and Jeff McNeil and Luis Torrens have been retired.
Canning ended the fifth in grand type, throwing a full-count changeup that Ohtani watched for strike three. Canning on the earlier pitch threw a slider for a strike that Ohtani thought was ball 4 as he began to first base.
After Canning retired Betts, Freeman and Teoscar Hernández so as within the sixth, the lefty Castillo escaped bother within the seventh by putting out Dalton Speeding and Enrique Hernández in succession.
Castillo allowed a double to Pages and drilled Michael Conforto within the inning.
Within the eighth, Nimmo was plunked and Soto walked earlier than Alonso hit homer No. 14 this season.
