Alonso and Young homer in 4-run first inning as Mets beat White 6-4 for 4th straight win

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso and Jared Young each hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the New York Mets beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4 on Tuesday night for their fourth consecutive comeback victory.

Tylor Megill (4-4) recovered from a shaky start, allowing two runs in 5 2/3 innings to help the Mets (34-21) match a season high at 13 games above .500 with their 14th come-from-behind win.

Miguel Vargas homered and drove in three runs for the White Sox, hitting an RBI double off the top of the left-field fence that nearly tied the score in the seventh.

Megill gave up a two-run homer to Vargas in the first, but the Mets sent 10 batters to the plate against Jonathan Cannon (2-6) in the bottom half — even though a zany mixup on the bases cost Juan Soto a hit.

Alonso followed with his 11th homer and second in three nights after droughts of 16 games and 65 at-bats that were the longest of his career.

Brett Baty singled and Young gave New York a 4-2 lead with his third career homer. Young also doubled to set up Jeff McNeil's sacrifice fly in the third.

Francisco Lindor added an RBI single in the eighth.

Chicago cut it to 5-4 in the seventh on a run-scoring passed ball and Vargas' double before José Castillo struck out rookie Edgar Quero with two runners aboard to end the inning.

Reed Garrett got five outs for his second save — both in the past three games.

Megill exited to a warm hand after issuing consecutive walks that loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth. Lenyn Sosa sent José Buttó's first pitch into left-center, where McNeil made a running catch to end the threat.

Young's homer was his first hit for the Mets since getting called up from the minors Saturday — and his first major league home run since September 2023 with the Chicago Cubs.

Rookie RHP Shane Smith (1-3, 2.26 ERA) starts Wednesday for Chicago in a series finale moved up six hours to 1:10 p.m. because of a wet weather forecast. RHP Griffin Canning (5-1, 2.88) pitches for New York.

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New York Mets pitcher Tylor Megill (38) throws during the third inning against the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Chicago White Sox third base Miguel Vargas (20) celebrates his two run home run during the first inning against the New York Mets, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

New York Mets' Brandon Nimmo (9) runs back to first base after Juan Soto's hit was caught during the first inning against the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

New York Mets' Jared Young (29) gets excited about his first home run of the season with Brett Baty (7) during the first inning against the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in New York. Baty scored on Young's home run. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

New York Mets' Pete Alonso (20) scores a home run during the first inning against the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)