Alonso, Mets rip A’s 9-1 while ending a pair of Oakland streaks

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NEW YORK — Three streaks ended on Wednesday night when the A’s were beaten 9-1 by the Mets – two for Oakland and one for New York.

Oakland saw its three-game winning streak come to a close as Pete Alonso collected four hits, including a fourth-inning home run and drove in three to help the Mets end their four-game losing streak.

A’s catcher Shane Langeliers had his streak of reaching base end at 10 plate appearances when he flew out in the fourth inning. Langeliers, who had four hits Tuesday, walked to lead off in the second to become Oakland’s first player to reach base 10 straight times since Scott Hatteberg in 2003, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

Francisco Lindor had two hits and two RBIs while Mark Vientos had a go-ahead, run-scoring double for the Mets, who were outscored 31-5 in their previous four games. Lindor’s third-inning homer made him the 17th player to hit 100th for the Mets, who had dropped two games behind Atlanta for the last NL wild card.

Zack Gelof #20 of the Oakland Athletics throws to first base to complete the double play after tagging out Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets during the sixth inning at Citi Field on Aug. 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images) 

Alonso, eligible for free agency after the World Series. entered in a 9-for-48 slide (.188) since July 30 that had dropped the four-time All-Star’s season average to .240.

He homered in the fourth off A’s starter Joey Estes and capped a six-run seventh with a two-run double against Ross Stripling. Brandon Nimmo and J.D. Martinez also had RBIs in the seventh inning.

David Peterson (7-1) gave up an unearned run and walked four in 6 1/3 innings. He has surrendered two runs or fewer in 10 of 13 starts this season despite averaging 4.3 walks per nine innings.

Daz Cameron had a sacrifice fly for the Athletics.

Estes (5-5) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings.

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