Pete lastly posted his first repeat in almost two months to maneuver ever nearer to the all-time Mets residence run file.
Pete Alonso went yard for the second straight sport after homering simply as soon as in his first 12 appearances because the All-Star break to assist the Mets to a 12-6 victory Saturday over the Giants at Citi Area.
Alonso’s three-run blast within the first inning was the 250th residence run of his profession, pulling him inside two of tying Darryl Strawberry’s long-standing membership file of 252.
Strawberry’s complete got here in 1,109 video games over eight seasons with the Mets from 1983-1990.
“It felt actually particular. I used to be simply completely satisfied to assist the group proper there,” Alonso stated. “Truthfully, I don’t take into consideration [passing Strawberry] an entire bunch. I simply wish to capitalize on alternatives when offered and assist the group win.
“I feel the file is clearly one thing that’s actually particular and it’s significant, however now within the warmth of it, I’m probably not too targeted on that or frightened about it. I’m simply targeted on wins. We’re within the thick of a playoff race proper now, and I’ll consider all the opposite stuff within the offseason, at any time when I’ve time. Proper now, that is all team-focused.”
Alonso, who additionally doubled and walked because the Mets halted their four-game shedding streak, wanted 957 video games to achieve 250 homers. That’s almost a full season sooner (157 fewer video games) than Strawberry, who had his uniform quantity 18 retired by the Mets final season.
Alonso joined Ralph Kiner, Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard and Eddie Mathews as the one gamers in MLB historical past to belt no less than 250 residence runs over their first seven massive league campaigns.
One evening earlier, Alonso had snapped an 0-for-19 skid with a solo homer off Giants starter Robbie Ray within the seventh inning of an eventual 4-3 Mets loss in 10. He added a game-tying sacrifice fly in opposition to former teammate José Buttó one inning later.
Alonso’s three-run shot to left-center Saturday in opposition to Giants rookie Kai-Wei Teng within the residence first — measuring 428 toes — marked the primary time he has gone deep in consecutive video games since June 4-5 in opposition to the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
It was the five-time All-Star first baseman’s twenty fourth homer of the season, one behind Juan Soto for the group lead. And it gave him a team-best 86 RBIs, behind solely Kyle Schwarber and since-traded Eugenio Suárez (now with the Mariners) within the Nationwide League.
Defensively, Alonso additionally made a diving stab and scrambled to beat Jung Hoo Lee to the bag for the second out of the eighth.
“Happy with him. Not a simple quantity there,” Carlos Mendoza stated of Alonso reaching 250 homers. “Particularly in that first inning there, setting the tone.
“He’s fairly good. We noticed it [Friday], and we continued to see it in the present day. Hopefully he takes off from right here now … I feel he’s getting there.”
