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Alonso Walk-off Lifts Mets Past Cards & Bad News

METS 7 – CARDINALS 6 The Mets needed that. After learning that starting pitcher Max Scherzer would be out for possibly two months with an oblique injury, Pete Alonso lifted…

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 19: Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets celebrates after hitting a walk off two run home run to win the game in ten innings against the St. Louis Cardinals during their game at Citi Field on May 19, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

METS 7 - CARDINALS 6

The Mets needed that. After learning that starting pitcher Max Scherzer would be out for possibly two months with an oblique injury, Pete Alonso lifted Mets' fans spirits with a walk-off homer in the tenth inning to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6.

With the exception of their series loss to Seattle last weekend, the Mets have won every series they have played in this season.

Thanks to Jeff McNeil's two-run single, the Mets held a 5-3 lead in the fifth inning, before St. Louis stormed back.

The Cardinals tied the game against Edwin Diaz in the ninth inning when Paul Goldschmidt reached on an infield single with runners on second and third. Harrison Bader scored the tying run on the play. St. Louis would grab a 6-5 lead in the tenth inning when Albert Pujols grounded into a double play, scoring Corey Dickerson from third base.

That set up the dramatics in the bottom of the tenth. The Mets took full advantage of the international rule, which allows a runner on second base to start the tenth inning, when Alonso crushed the second pitch he saw over the left field wall for a two-run homer sending the Mets to a thrilling victory.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.