Pete Alonso homered and drove in three runs, Brandon Nimmo also hit a home run and Griffin Canning was solid into the sixth inning as the New York Mets held off the Athletics 7-6 on Friday night.

The Mets were cruising in Sacramento when the Athletics made a furious comeback late, but Pete Alonso's eight-inning home run gave New York enough juice to pull out the 7-6 victory on Friday night.

Canning signed with the Mets as a free agent in December after spending his first five big league seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. The Athletics scored twice off Edwin Diaz in the ninth before the Mets closer got Jacob Wilson to ground out to second for the final out and his third save.

There are moments in baseball when the past collides with the present, and for Luis Severino, this Sunday at the Coliseum will be one of them. When the Oakland Athletics host the New York Mets on April 13,

Luis Severino said he was willing to take less money to stay with the New York Mets before joining the Athletics in free agency last winter. Severino, who joined the Athletics on a three-year, $67 million deal,

Former New York Mets pitcher Luis Severino on Friday shared just how much he had wanted to stay with the team during the offseason. Severino signed a three-year contract with the Athletics in December following a bounce-back 2024 campaign with the Mets.