Alonso and Lindor lead Mets past Marlins 10-5 for 6th straight win

NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Alonso drove in four runs, Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff homer and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 10-5 on Tuesday for their sixth consecutive victory.

Clay Holmes (1-1) struck out a career-high 10 in 5 1/3 innings for his first win with the Mets and second as a major league starter. Brandon Nimmo broke a fifth-inning tie with a two-run double, and Starling Marte blooped a two-run single.

Juan Soto had two singles and scored twice, including on Alonso’s wind-aided RBI double that eluded Kyle Stowers in shallow right field. The temperature at first pitch, moved up three hours Monday to 4:10 p.m. because of a harsh weather forecast, was 43 degrees at blustery Citi Field.

Derek Hill hit a two-run homer for the Marlins and made an incredible diving catch on the left-center warning track to save three runs. Liam Hicks had three RBIs.

With the Mets nursing a 6-5 lead, an intentional walk to Soto pushed a runner into scoring position and loaded the bases in the sixth. Alonso then laced a three-run double to left-center off reliever Ronny Henriquez.

Holmes, a converted reliever, struck out five in a row during one stretch and was charged with four runs and five hits. His only other win as a starter came with Pittsburgh during his rookie season, when he pitched six shutout innings on July 14, 2018, to beat Milwaukee in the second game of a doubleheader.

An error by first baseman Matt Mervis and a walk to Alonso helped load the bases in the fifth for Nimmo, who was 2 for 16 with runners in scoring position before a two-run double off Calvin Faucher (0-1) that put New York in front for good, 4-2. Two batters later, Marte blooped a two-run single just beyond the reach of diving second baseman Otto Lopez.

Lindor launched his first home run this season and the 21st leadoff shot of his career. He has a leadoff hit in five straight games. That's the longest such streak by a Mets player since Jose Reyes had a seven-game run in 2011, according to Major League Baseball.

Marlins RHP Max Meyer (0-1, 3.09 ERA), the third overall pick in the 2020 amateur draft, starts the series finale Wednesday afternoon against RHP Tylor Megill (2-0, 0.87).