NEW YORK — Pete Alonso homered once more and the New York Mets beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Thursday to submit consecutive wins for the primary time in a month.

The recreation was tied at 2 earlier than Tommy Pham legged out a bouncer to 3rd with one out within the sixth inning, driving in Jeff McNeil with the infield hit towards Zack Littell (0-1).

Tylor Megill (5-2) labored six innings of two-run ball for the win. David Robertson allowed Randy Arozarena’s one-out double within the ninth earlier than ending his eighth save.

“It’s great,” Alonso mentioned. “We’re a talented bunch. We know we’re talented. Our talent has been here the entire year. It’s just a matter about performing. For us to perform against a high quality opponent is a good sign for us.”

The Mets received consecutive video games for the primary time since April 20-21 in San Francisco. They received a collection for the primary time since taking two of three on the Los Angeles Dodgers from April 17-19.

“For us to be able to scratch out two out of three against them is big for us,” Robertson mentioned. “We needed one of those for our confidence.”

Josh Lowe homered for Tampa Bay, which has dropped 4 of six. Lowe and Arozarena every had two hits, and Harold Ramírez drove in a run with a fielder’s alternative within the first.

The Rays (32-13) closed out a 4-6 journey that included 5 one-run losses.

“Two or three games didn’t go our way,” Tampa Bay supervisor Kevin Cash mentioned. “We were close a couple (of games) but close doesn’t necessarily cut it. Frustrating.”

The Rays blew a 5-2 lead in Wednesday evening’s 8-7 loss at New York. Francisco Álvarez related for a tying three-run homer for the ninth for the Mets, and Alonso hit a three-run shot within the tenth.

Alonso additionally put New York in entrance within the collection finale, driving a 1-2 fastball from rookie Taj Bradley 446 ft to middle within the fourth. The huge first baseman homered for the third straight recreation for the second time this season, giving him 16 on the 12 months.

Alonso has been coping with an sickness, making his present streak much more spectacular.

“I just don’t want me not feeling well to be an excuse for a lack of performance,” Alonso mentioned. “So, for me I want to approach it how I normally do and just go out there and play as best I can and as hard as I can.”

“I just think sometimes it kind of relaxes you because it kind of lowers your expectations a little bit,” Mets supervisor Buck Showalter mentioned. “He’s a strong man.”

After Lowe hit a tying homer within the sixth, the Mets had runners at first and third when Brett Baty adopted Alonso’s warning-track fly ball with a single.

Pham’s grounder bounced excessive earlier than third baseman Isaac Paredes fielded the ball on the fringe of the grass. McNeil broke for house and Pham simply beat the throw at first because the Mets regained the lead.

“I thought we had some breaks kind of go our way today that hadn’t been coming our way,” Showalter mentioned.

Pham had been in a 1-for-20 skid.

Bradley allowed two runs and three hits in 5 innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: 1B Yandy Díaz (left groin) missed a 3rd straight recreation and sure will return for Friday’s homestand opener towards Milwaukee. … RHP Zack Burdi was optioned to Triple-A Durham to make room for Bradley on the energetic roster.

UP NEXT

Rays: RHP Shane McClanahan (7-0, 2.34 ERA) opposes Milwaukee RHP Adrian Houser (0-0, 5.19 ERA) within the opener of a three-game collection Friday.

Mets: RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-2, 8.56 ERA) returns after lacking over a month with proper elbow irritation. He pitches Friday towards Cleveland RHP Cal Quantrill (2-2, 3.97 ERA).

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