{"id":57447,"date":"2025-04-30T09:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57447"},"modified":"2025-04-30T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:02:00","slug":"the-source-source-sports-mets-open-three-game-homestand-vs-arizona-with-best-record-in-baseball-defeat-diamondbacks-8-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57447","title":{"rendered":"The Source |SOURCE SPORTS: Mets Open Three-Game Homestand vs. Arizona With Best Record in Baseball, Defeat Diamondbacks 8-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New York Mets opened their three-game homestead against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night with momentum and history on their side. Holding MLB\u2019s best record at 20-9, the Amazins have reached this elite mark just three other times over the past 40 years \u2014 in May of 1985, 1986, and 2022. Their dominant start has been fueled by pitching excellence: through their first 29 games, the Mets have allowed four or fewer runs in each, the longest such streak by a National League team to start a season since 1901.<\/p>\n

The bats came alive early at Citi Field. The Mets erupted for four runs in the second inning, sparked by a solo home run from Francisco Lindor that bounced off the top of the left-center field wall. Pete Alonso kept the fireworks coming with home runs in back-to-back innings \u2014 a no-doubter in the third, followed by another blast in the fourth \u2014 continuing his power surge as a key offensive catalyst.<\/p>\n