Alonso Power Mets over Yankees in Nightcap

METS 10 - YANKEES 4 

Game 2 of 2 

After watching the New York Yankees pound out 12 runs and three homers in the matinee, the New York Mets flexed their own muscles Tuesday night, downing the Yankees 10-4 at Yankee Stadium.

Leading the way, of course was none other than rookie first baseman Pete Alonso. Alonso had the keynote of the night when he launched a James Paxton fastball over the center field wall for a three-run homer to give the Mets a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. The Mets spent the entire night roughing the Yankees lefty, pounding Paxton for six runs on seven hits over two-and-two-thirds innings of work. 

The Mets terminated Paxton's night in the top of the third inning. A lead-off walk to Alonso, and a walk to Todd Fraizer was followed by a RBI single by Michael Conforto to make it 4-0. Wilson Ramos and Adeiny Hechavarria kept the conga line going with RBI base hits of their own to augment the Mets lead to six. 

All of those runs went to the good of the red-hot Jason Vargas. Coming off a complete game shutout against the San Francisco Giants a week ago, Vargas was solid. He held the Yankees to three runs over six innings of work to earn his third win of the year. He even retired the final eight batters to face him as his teammates continued to pound Yankees pitching. While his ERA rose, it didn't rise by much to 3.83, the second best ERA on the team behind Jacob deGrom. Vargas has now allowed 11 earned runs over his last 45 innings of work as he continues to impress with his amazing turnaround. 

While Vargas dazzled the Yankees hitters, the Mets brought the thunder in the middle innings. Homers by J.D. Davis and Carlos Gomez pushed the Mets lead to 9-3 as the Amazin's dug deep into the backend of the Yankee bullpen. 

Overall eight different Mets had a hit on the night, with seven producing at least one RBI. Jeff McNeiland Davis each had two hits a piece on the evening and scored a pair of runs. Carlos Gomez also had two hits, including his fifth inning homer.

For the Bombers, Gio Urshela and Luke Voit couldn't continue their great hitting from earlier in the day. Urshela was 0-for-4 with an RBI; while Voit went 1-for-4 with a run scored.

With the split secured, the Mets will host the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday for the beginning of a four game series at Citi Field, while the Yanks will hit the road to Chicago to face the White Sox on Thursday. The Mets and Yankees won't meet again until the fourth of July weekend at Citi Field.