The New York Mets were in control of the game for most of the evening in West Sacramento against the Athletics, but a late surge of offense made this one close until the final out

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.

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.