Overview

• Rookie right-hander Nolan McLean allowed two early runs before retiring his final 14 batters, finishing with six innings, seven strikeouts and a 1.37 ERA through four starts.
• New York blasted four home runs, including two from Pete Alonso, a solo shot from Juan Soto and a three-run drive by Luis Torrens.
• A five-run fourth keyed by Torrens’ opposite-field homer and a six-run seventh featuring back-to-back shots by Soto and Alonso blew the game open.
• The Mets have taken the first two games in Detroit with 22 total runs and will go for a sweep in Wednesday’s finale.
• Detroit’s pitching shuffled again as recalled starter Sawyer Gipson-Long yielded six runs in four innings and reliever Chris Paddack was tagged for six more; the AL Central leaders have lost seven of nine, while New York moved five games clear of Cincinnati for the final NL wild card.