OAKLAND, Calif. — Mark Canha homered leading off the seventh inning and Brandon Nimmo followed with an RBI double with two out that scored pinch-runner Tim Locastro as the New York Mets rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Saturday.
Pete Alonso hit his seventh home run for the Mets. The solo drive off A's starter Shintaro Fujinami in the fourth was the 153rd of Alonso's career and his 87th in a road game.
A day after winning handily, the Mets showed they can persevere and win the close ones, too.
"You have to be able to win all different kinds of ballgames throughout the course of 162 games," said Canha, who played for the A's from 2015-21.