Pete Alonso hit a three-touchdown homer and Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor hit New York’s first grand slam this season in the sixth inning of 10 scores and the Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday 13-4.
🚨GRAND SLAM!
Francisco Lindor cleaned the bases with this BATAZO. #CoquĂPower pic.twitter.com/IKYin1q0kh
– MLB Puerto Rico (@MLBPuertoRico) July 10, 2021
One night after the cancellation of Thursday’s game between the two teams due to bad weather for the second time in a week, New York posted its fifth win in seven games. Friday’s game was delayed 41 minutes by lightning, thunder and rain that hit Citi Field with one out in the bottom of the eighth.
Taijuan Walker allowed two runs in five innings and at the end of the game the driver Luis Rojas told him that he had been included in the All-Star team of the National League. The Mets are unbeaten in eight home games.
The NL East leaders connected against Pirates starter JT Brubaker (4-9) in the sixth and a full-count walk to Lindor. Dominic Smith drove in Nimmo with a single and broke the tie 2-2.
Lindor hit a Kyle Keller fastball that went over the wall between left and center to extend the lead to 12-2 with his 10th home run and third career grand slam.
Aaron Loup (3-0), who worked the sixth blank, was victorious.
For the Pirates, the Dominicans Wilmer Difo 0-0, one scored and Rodolfo Castro 2-1, one scored, one produced. Puerto Rican Michael PĂ©rez 3-0.
For the Mets, Puerto Rican Lindor, 3-1, one scored, 4 RBIs. Venezuelans Luis Guillorme 1-0 and José Peraza 0-0, one scored. Jonathan Villar 4-2, two runs, two RBIs.
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