Pete Alonso is one homer away from historical past.
Monday night time in opposition to the Guardians, Alonso despatched one other ball to the stands within the backside of the sixth inning for the 251st of his profession — all with the Mets.
With that house run, Alonso now sits only one shy of Darryl Strawberry's franchise file of 252.
It took Strawberry, who represented the Mets as an All-Star seven occasions and completed within the high three in Nationwide League MVP balloting two occasions, 1,109 video games from 1983-90.
Alonso, who debuted in 2019, is able to surpass the file in fewer than 1,000 video games.
Alonso's lone homer was only one a part of a masterful night time on the plate for the everyday on a regular basis first baseman, who began at DH. He went 4-for-5 with 4 RBIs within the 10-inning, 7-6 loss to the Guardians.
“I used to be simply on time at the moment,” Alonso mentioned. “Physique felt good, and simply felt in sync and on time at the moment.”
His bat was a spark plug for what was a torpid Mets offense earlier than the sixth inning.
His three-run house run was what opened the scoring for the Mets after they noticed a scoreless sport flip right into a five-run deficit within the blink of an eye fixed.
Within the eighth, Alonso stepped up and hit an RBI single that put the sport inside one run. Then, with the sport tied and the bases loaded within the ninth, Alonso had an opportunity to finish it, however he struck out swinging.
Some may suppose that was probably the most irritating a part of the night time for Alonso. He thought in any other case.
“To be sincere, it'd be extra irritating if we didn't do something, if we simply type of lay down proper there,” Alonso mentioned. “So I feel it could be extra irritating that method.”
Despite the fact that Alonso didn't come by means of within the ninth, supervisor Carlos Mendoza thought it was nonetheless a very good night time for the slugger.
“It's an ideal night time for Pete, all the best way till that final at bat,” Mendoza mentioned. “They threw fastballs by him there they usually bought him.”
