{"id":263625,"date":"2021-06-01T07:53:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T04:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pete-alonsos-monster-return-helps-mets-beat-diamondbacks\/"},"modified":"2021-06-01T07:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T04:53:23","slug":"pete-alonsos-monster-return-helps-mets-beat-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pete-alonsos-monster-return-helps-mets-beat-diamondbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pete Alonso’s monster return helps Mets beat Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Pete Alonso’s monster return helps Mets beat Diamondbacks<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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PHOENIX \u2014 Unscientific fact: Polar Bears thrive in the desert.<\/p>\n

Pete Alonso became Exhibit A on Monday, returning from the injured list to carry this Mets lineup on a night Jacob deGrom\u2019s right arm was determined to handle the rest.<\/p>\n

Alonso drove in four runs, two of them with a titanic homer, and deGrom fired six shutout innings to lead the Mets\u2019 fifth straight victory, 6-2 over the Diamondbacks at Chase Field.<\/p>\n

Reinforcements arrived en masse as Alonso, Kevin Pillar and Seth Lugo were activated from the IL before the game<\/a>. In addition, the Mets selected Mason Williams from Trip<\/a>le-A Syracuse to provide further outfield depth.<\/p>\n

Alonso\u2019s bat was enough. The slugging first baseman crushed a two-run single in the third inning against Merrill Kelly before launching a two-run blast in the seventh. Alonso had spent the last 1 \u00bd weeks sidelined by a sprained right hand.<\/p>\n

Pillar entered the game late as a defensive replacement for Dominic Smith in left field and singled in his first plate app<\/a>earance off the IL \u2014 he was hit in the face by a pitch on May 17 in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

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Pete Alonso (r.) celebrates his two-run homer with Dominic Smith against Arizona on Monday night.<\/figcaption>
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DeGrom, in his second appearance since missing two starts with right side tightness, was removed after six scoreless innings and 70 pitches. He struck out eight and allowed only two hits, with his fastball consistently at triple digits on the radar gun. In the first two innings alone he threw 14 pitches that registered at least 100 mph.<\/p>\n

Trevor May scuffled in the seventh, allowing two runs on three hits before Miguel Castro got the final out of the inning with help from Williams, whose lunging catch at the center-field fence robbed Domingo Leyba.<\/p>\n

Billy McKinney\u2019s homer (his second in as many games) got a run back in the eighth as the Mets had a second straight explosive night. On Saturday, the Mets hit a season-high five homers in their 13-2 demolition of the Braves.<\/p>\n