Brewers rally past Mets 7-4 for 8th straight win, spoiling Alonso’s record-tying homer

MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras homered to cap a four-run seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the skidding New York Mets 7-4 on Saturday for their eighth consecutive victory, spoiling Pete Alonso’s record-tying night.

Alonso opened the second inning with his 252nd career home run, matching the franchise record held by Darryl Strawberry for 37 years. But the Mets lost their sixth straight game and 10th in the last 11 to fall 4 1/2 games behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East.

New York is only 2 1/2 games ahead of Cincinnati for the final National League playoff spot.

Juan Soto went deep for the third game in a row, giving the Mets a 4-3 lead when he led off the fifth with his 28th homer of the season. Starling Marte also hit a solo shot for New York.

Milwaukee rallied in the seventh. Brice Turang singled and Joey Ortiz blooped a double off Ryne Stanek (2-6) with one out. Turang scored the tying run on Sal Frelick’s groundout to shortstop.

Ryan Helsley relieved and Isaac Collins delivered an RBI single on a sharp grounder that deflected off third baseman Ronny Mauricio’s arm. Contreras followed with a two-run homer to make it 7-4.