By MIKE FITZPATRICK

Updated 11:05 PM EDT, August 5, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Kwan singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the seventh inning, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the slumping New York Mets 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Kyle Manzardo and Gabriel Arias each had an RBI single off starter Clay Holmes in the fourth as the Guardians erased an early 2-0 deficit. They won for the sixth time in seven games and improved to 18-7 since snapping a 10-game losing streak on July 7.

Pete Alonso had a sacrifice fly in the first for the Mets, who have dropped seven of eight since a seven-game winning streak. They fell 2 1/2 games behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East.

Alonso remained at 251 career homers, one shy of Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record.

Mark Vientos doubled

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