Brandon Nimmo grand slam, 2 homers from Pete Alonso power Mets past Yankees

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News on Jul 5, 2025

Published in Baseball

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NEW YORK — For the Mets, the Subway Series has been pretty grand.

For the Yankees, it’s been a sloppy reminder that the fundamentals matter.

In the fifth game of the city’s annual home-and-home contest, the visitors fell behind early and never recovered. Brandon Nimmo’s first-inning grand slam off Carlos Rodon and two home runs by Pete Alonso secured the win in the weekend series for the team from Queens, 12-6, Saturday afternoon at Citi Field.

Alonso needs only six home runs to tie Darryl Strawberry for the club record of 252 all-time. He’s hit 19 this season.

Despite having lost several pitchers over the last few weeks, the Mets (52-38) appear to be back on track after their fourth straight win. The offense was there, and they took advantage of several defensive miscues by the Yankees. The only “error” of sorts the Mets didn’t score on was when Anthony Volpe hit Aaron Judge in the head with a ball while coming off the field between innings.

It was clear right away that it was going to be a rough day for Rodon, but the defense behind did little to help him. Starling Marte led off the bottom of the first with a double that left fielder Jasson Dominguez misplayed. With two on, Juan Soto tried to surprise his former team by laying down a bunt. It stayed in front of the box and Wells threw him out at first, but he still managed to move the runners over and open up first base, which was given to Alonso with a walk.

With the bases loaded and one out, Rodon hung a 1-2 changeup to Nimmo for his second grand slam this week.

An error by Jazz Chisholm Jr. put Tyrone Taylor on second base in the second inning, and Dominguez didn’t get a good read on yet another ball hit by Marte. It went for a single to score the runner.

The Mets ran on the Yankees, swiping two bags in the fifth and making Rodon work. After Alonso’s first home run gave the Mets a 7-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth, Nimmo hit a single and swiped second to extend the inning. Having thrown 97 pitches by the time it was done, the Yankees had to go to the bullpen.

Rodon gave up seven runs (six earned) on five hits. He walked three and struck out four in the loss (9-6).

After rallying to take two runs off Frankie Montas in the sixth, Volpe brought the Yankees back to within two runs with a home run off left-hander Richard Lovelady in the seventh, 7-5. But yet another defensive misplay proved costly in the bottom of the inning.

Center fielder Trent Grisham booted a single up the middle by Francisco Lindor with one on and none out, and Ronny Mauricio scored from second.

Up 8-5, left-hander Jayvien Sandridge, making his big league debut, gave up a single to Soto and another bomb to Alonso. The three-run shot pushed the game out of reach.

Montas, a former Yankees starter who didn’t get to start much in the Bronx due to a shoulder injury, gave up solo home runs to Chisholm and Wells. He retired eight in a row before giving up two in the sixth, being charged with four earned runs over 5 2/3 innings and striking out two to pick up the win (1-1).

From that point on, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza deftly managed his depleted bullpen. His counterpart in the other dugout, Aaron Boone, had to do plenty of managing himself with limited pitching, but the Mets had the advantage. The Yankees (48-41) dropped their sixth straight game, their second six-game losing streak in a month.

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