NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Pete Alonso hit his 251st career homer Monday night to pull within one of Darryl Strawberry\u2019s New York Mets franchise record, but the Cleveland Guardians earned a 7-6, 10-inning win after squandering a five-run lead.<\/p>\n
Gabriel Arias\u2019 440-foot, three-run homer to left-center ended a five-run sixth inning against Sean Manaea, who surrendered RBI singles to David Fry and Carlos Santana earlier in the inning.<\/p>\n
Alonso, starting at designated hitter for the 59th time in his career, hit a 388-foot blast to left-center in the bottom half against Slade Cecconi. The slugger has three homers in his last four games.<\/p>\n
Alonso had his fourth hit, an RBI single, in the eighth, before Mark Vientos delivered the game-tying sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
Cade Smith (4-4) escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the ninth. Automatic runner Daniel Schneemann scored the tie-breaking run in the 10th, when third baseman Brett Baty threw the ball wide of second on David Fry\u2019s bunt against Ryan Helsley (3-2). Arias added a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
Nic Enright earned his first career save despite allowing Baty\u2019s two-out RBI single in the 10th.<\/p>\n
Manaea gave up five runs and struck out three in 5 2\/3 innings. Cecconi surrendered three runs (two earned) with six strikeouts in six innings.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
Smith ended the ninth by striking out Alonso and getting Jeff McNeil to line to second.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
Alonso entered Monday batting just .218 in 220 at-bats as a designated hitter. \u2026 Manaea threw 56 pitches in his first five scoreless innings but 29 pitches in the sixth.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
The three-game interleague series continues Tuesday, when Mets RHP Clay Holmes (9-6, 3.45 ERA) opposes Guardians LHP Logan Allen (7-9, 4.06).<\/p>\n
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