Pete Alonso hit a grand slam and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 10-4 on Monday night. Starling Marte, Luis Torrens and Brandon Nimmo also went deep for the Mets, who finished with 11 hits in the opener of a three-game series. Every starter in the lineup had at least one.
The torpedo bat, made famous by the New York Yankees and now linked to the Marlins, is becoming one of the most talked-about trends in MLB. The bat’s creator, Aaron Leanhardt, was hired this offseason by Miami as a hitting coordinator.