After leaving Friday’s game with back spasms, Francisco Alvarez was back behind the plate in Sunday’s series finale against the Milwaukee Brewers in his first start since the injury scare.

Francisco Alvarez hit a second-inning homer and a two-run double in a three-run seventh that lifted the New York Mets over the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3.

Francisco Alvarez was on the bench for Saturday’s game after departing the previous night with back spasms, but found his way into action. The catcher entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning of the 6-0 loss to the Brewers and remained in the game in the bottom of the frame.