The Mets used small ball to build an early lead before turning the power on in the fifth inning.

Mark Vientos had four RBI (including a three-run round-tripper during that four-run fifth) and Clay Holmes struck out four over five innings of one-run ball to carry the Mets (66-58) to a 7-3 win over the Seattle Mariners (68-57) in the Little League Classic at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, Penn.

The game got underway following a 35-minute weather delay caused by heavy rain earlier in the evening, but the Mets wasted little time attacking Mariners starter George Kirby.

After a quiet first inning, Pete Alonso led off the bottom of the second with a single, followed by Jeff McNeil doing the same. A double from Francisco Alvarez plated Alonso, a single by Brett Baty brought McNeil home

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