There is a new king when it comes to all-time home runs with the New York Mets. Pete Alonso surpassed Darryl Strawberry on Tuesday night, getting career No. 253 with the franchise. He did so against one of the team’s bitter rivals as well, the Atlanta Braves. Alonso stepped up to the plate in the […]
There is a new king when it comes to all-time home runs with the New York Mets. Pete Alonso surpassed Darryl Strawberry on Tuesday night, getting career No. 253 with the franchise. He did so against one of the team’s bitter rivals as well, the Atlanta Braves.
Alonso stepped up to the plate in the third inning against Spencer Strider after doubling in his first at-bat. Strider’s first pitch got too much of the plate, allowing Alonso to send it the opposite way. Just getting over the left-centerfield wall, Citi Field went into a frenzy.
“Pete Alonso stands alone,” Mets play-by-play commentator Gary Cohen said on the call. “A polar bear on his own private iceberg. Pete Alonso, the most prolific home run hitter in New York Mets history.”
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