At long last, the Mets snapped their losing streak at eight games in a contest that wasn’t exactly perfect and to be honest wasn’t fun to watch for most of the time, but Pete Alonso hit a walkoff homer and they won, so that overwrites everything else.
Around the National League East
Atlanta beat Framber Valdez around and handed the Seattle Mariners first place in the division with their 8-3 win over the Astros.
The Marlins didn’t have nearly as fun of a day, out-hitting the Tigers, not giving up a single earned run, and still losing to Detroit, 2-0.
Around Major League Baseball
Check out this cool seal who was hanging out in McCovey Cove during the Giants-Dodgers game.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 2014, Jacob deGrom tied a major league record by striking out the first eight batters he faced.