Mets hold on to beat White Sox after unleashing first-inning homer barrage

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.The ambush lasted just a few minutes and would not be recreated on an otherwise mostly quiet Tuesday night.But against Chicago’s Jonathan Cannon, the Mets launched a surprise attack immediately and held on from there.The Mets came out ready to swing and did the bulk of their damage with an eyeblink of a two-homer, four-run first inning in a 6-4 win that sealed a series victory over the pushover White Sox in front of 34,944 at Citi Field, who missed most of the action if they arrived late.The Mets (34-21) matched a season high in moving to 13 games over .500 and have won four straight.

Tylor Megill was strong, the bullpen solid and the offense explosive and quiet, in that order.After Megill allowed a two-run homer to Miguel Vargas in the top of the first, the Mets responded as if they needed to erase the deficit as soon as possible.One of the quicker rallies you will see took place in a frame in which 10 hitters saw just 21 pitches.Francisco Lindor recorded two of the outs, and the other required an asterisk because a confused Brandon Nimmo turned what would have been a Juan Soto double into a creatively scored line out.

Otherwise, the inning betrayed an obvious scouting report: attack early.After Lindor struck out to begin the frame, the Mets pounced:The damage done, the Mets squeezed two more runs across for the rest of the game (a third-inning sacrifice fly from McNeil and eighth-inning RBI single from Lindor) and held on largely because of the back of their bullpen, which did not include Edwin Díaz.Megill settled down after his first inning, but encountered trouble in the sixth, when he loaded the bases with two outs and was lifted for José Buttó.Lenyn Sosa sent a first-pitch line drive to left-center, but McNeil took a nice route and made the running catch to escape.Chicago clawed back against Buttó in the seventh, wh...