New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates Match Player Stats On Jul 05, 2024

Bryan Reynolds and Rowdy Tellez each homered twice, including one grand slam apiece, and the Pittsburgh Pirates hit seven home runs in a 14-2 victory over the visiting New York Mets on Friday.

Jack Suwinski, Yasmani Grandal and Michael A. Taylor each hit solo homers for Pittsburgh, which tied a franchise record for homers in a game.

The Pirates outhit the Mets 16-5 in the opener of a four-game series. Taylor had four hits and Reynolds finished 4-for-5 with six RBIs.

Paul Skenes (5-0) allowed two runs on four hits with two walks and eight strikeouts over seven innings while throwing a career-high 107 pitches.

Jeff McNeil homered and Pete Alonso had two hits for the Mets, who have lost three straight games and five of their last seven. New York led 2-0 before the Pirates scored 14 unanswered runs.

New York starter Luis Severino (5-3) gave up seven runs on nine hits over six-plus innings. He walked two and struck out three.

The Mets set a season high in runs allowed and tied a franchise record by giving up seven home runs.

McNeil broke a scoreless tie when he began the third inning by depositing Skenes' 0-2 fastball into the right field bleachers. The 390-foot homer was McNeil's fifth this season.

The Mets tacked on another run in the fourth inning. Alonso hit a leadoff double, moved to third on DJ Stewart's flyout, and scored on a fielder's-choice grounder by Jose Iglesias.

Pittsburgh pulled even with a pair of solo homers by Tellez and Suwinski in the bottom of the inning.

Reynolds belted a two-run homer with one out in the fifth inning to put the Pirates ahead 4-2.

Severino loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh inning and was replaced by Jake Diekman, whom Reynolds greeted with his third career grand slam.

The 413-foot blast was Reynolds' 16th homer this season and marked his sixth career multi-homer game.

Pittsburgh tacked on six runs on five hits in the eighth inning. Grandal and Taylor hit back-to-back homers against Ty Adcock, who loaded the bases before Tellez hit his slam. It was his fourth home run in his last five games.

--Field Level Media