Starling Marte's late HR leads Mets over Guardians in Game 1

The New York Mets mounted another late-inning comeback Sunday afternoon as Starling Marte hit a two-run eighth-inning homer to lift the hosts to a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Guardians in the first game of a doubleheader.

The Mets, who squandered a 3-0 lead in the top of the eighth, have won four straight, including three in their last at-bat. New York won 10-inning affairs on walk-off hits by Pete Alonso on Wednesday and