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Pete Alonso makes history, lifts two of Mets’ six homers in skid-snapping 13-5 win over Braves

Pete Alonso made some history and the Mets snapped their losing streak in a win over the Braves on Tuesday night.

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Pete Alonso makes history, lifts two of Mets’ six homers in skid-snapping 13-5 win over Braves

The Mets snapped their losing streak with a 13-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night at Citi Field.

Here are some takeaways...

- The Mets' offense absolutely exploded to end the losing skid at seven games. They chased Braves starter Spencer Strider after just four innings and then forced them to turn to a position player on the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning -- scoring 13 runs on 16 hits and six homers.

- The biggest blast of the night came in the bottom of the third when Pete Alonso crushed first pitch fastball from Strider over the right-center fence for a two-run shot, giving him 253 for his career and officially passing Darryl Strawberry's franchise record.  

It didn't take the big man very long to extend that record, as he lifted a solo shot for No. 254 in the sixth -- Alonso has now gone deep three times over the last three games, and he's tied for the team-lead with 28 long balls on the year. 

- Alonso wasn't the only Met to enjoy a multi-homer night, Francisco Alvarez did as well. He had an opposite-field two-run shot in the second and then a solo shot to deep right in the sixth, the latter of which Brett Baty followed with an oppo blast of his own.  

Alvarez also had a run-scoring double, giving him three hits and four RBI on the night. 

- The other homer was a much-needed big hit delivered by Brandon Nimmo. The Braves rallied to even things up in the fourth, but in the bottom-half of the inning Francisco Lindor beat out a bunt single and Juan Soto drew a walk, before the slugger lifted a three-run shot to put the Mets in front for good.

Nimmo had two hits -- both him (0-for-20) and Lindor (0-for-21) snapped dreadful stretches.

- Clay Holmes struggled with his command as he worked through another up-and-down outing. He escaped a second and third nobody out jam in the first allowing just one run to score, and then worked around two second inning hits thanks to a 4-6-3 double play. 

Holmes issued a leadoff walk in the third, and this time was helped out by some bad fundies on the bases. Things caved in on him in the fourth, though, as Atlanta broke through for four runs to tie things up and chase him from the ballgame. 

Holmes finished with a final line of five runs on six hits and five walks while striking out four in 4.2 innings, bringing his ERA up to 3.71 for the year.

- Behind him, Gregory Soto stranded a pair in a scoreless inning of work, then with the game out of hand Justin Hagenman did a tremendous job of eating the final four innings, allowing just one baserunner.  

- New York scored 12 of their 13 runs on the night with two outs. 

Game MVP: Pete Alonso

There were plenty of MVP's in this one, but it's hard not to pick the record-breaker. 

Highlights

What's next

David Peterson (7-5, 2.98 ERA) takes the ball against old friend Carlos Carrasco (2-2, 6.18 ERA) as the Mets and Braves continue their series at Citi Field at 7:10 p.m.

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