Pete Alonso walks it off for Mets in comeback win over Rockies

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Mark Canha hit two clutch doubles and Pete Alonso singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Mets a 7-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

Brett Baty launched his second major league homer and Starling Marte had a two-run triple for the NL East leaders, who have won the first two games of the four-game series.

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Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets hits a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Colorado Rockies 7-6 at Citi Field on Aug. 26, 2022, in New York City.  (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Canha put the Mets ahead 4-3 with an RBI double in the sixth. Elias Díaz laced a three-run double that gave Colorado a 6-4 advantage in the eighth, but Canha tied it with a two-run double in the bottom half.

"Everybody has that ability. Whether you can tap into it is another thing," Mets manager Buck Showalter said of his club's resilience. "When momentum changes, we talk about it all the time and they talk about it all the time — just stay in the moment."

Brandon Nimmo worked a one-out walk in the ninth against Rockies closer Daniel Bard (3-4), who hit Marte with the next pitch. After Francisco Lindor lined out to a diving Sam Hilliard in shallow left field, Alonso fell behind 0-2 before grounding a single between third base and shortstop to score Nimmo.

"It’s a privilege to be put in those situations," Alonso said. "We had a ton of great at-bats prior to mine and I thought we did just an unbelievable job as an offense, grinding and battling."

Edwin Díaz (3-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.

The last-place Rockies