Gabriel Arias hit a three-run homer and later delivered an insurance sacrifice fly in the 10th inning Monday night for the visiting Cleveland Guardians, who outlasted the New York Mets 7-6.
The Guardians, who led 5-0 in the opener of a three-game interleague series, have won five of six. The Mets lost for the sixth time in seven games.
New York reliever Ryan Helsley (3-2) intentionally walked Jose Ramirez to open the 10th. David Fry laid down a bunt, and third baseman Brett Baty’s throw to second sailed into the outfield, allowing automatic runner Daniel Schneemann to score from second and Ramirez to race to third.
Ramirez scored easily on Arias’ long fly to right.
Cade Smith (4-4) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings and wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth. Baty hit a run-scoring single in the 10th against rookie Nic Enright, who still notched his first save.
Fry and Carlos Santana had RBI singles while Steven Kwan and Brayan Rocchio had two hits apiece for the Guardians.
Pete Alonso went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs for the Mets, who received a sacrifice fly from Mark Vientos. Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto had two hits each.
The teams combined for just five hits through five scoreless innings before a chaotic final four frames.
Kwan led off the sixth with a single, and Sean Manaea plunked Angel Martinez with a pitch before Fry and Santana laced one-out run-scoring singles. Arias followed with his eighth homer of the season.
Lindor struck out leading off the bottom of the inning against Slade Cecconi but reached first on a wild pitch. Rocchio misplayed Soto’s grounder before Alonso belted a three-run homer to left-center. Alonso has 251 career homers, one fewer than the team record held by Darryl Strawberry.
The Mets tied the game in the eighth when they opened with four straight singles off Hunter Gaddis. Alonso’s single cut the gap to 5-4 two batters before Vientos’ game-tying sacrifice fly.
Manaea allowed five runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out three over 5 2/3 innings. Cecconi gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings.
–Field Level Media
