The Mets misplaced a really forgettable recreation Tuesday night time at Wrigley Field however Pete Alonso’s 18th dwelling run of the season shouldn’t be forgotten, if for no purpose aside from it set his tempo for the season at 60.
The 2019 NL Rookie of the Year and the two-time All-Star continues to steer the league in homers and has hit seven of them at Wrigley Field in his profession. This ties him with Mark McGwire and Prince Fielder for the second-most all-time in a hitter’s first 12 video games on the pleasant confines.
“I just think it’s a great place to play,” Alonso stated Tuesday after the Mets fell 7-2 to the Chicago Cubs within the first recreation of a three-game sequence. “There’s a lot of history here. For me as a fan of the game, I think it’s a really cool place to play with a lot of history. It’s really an honor to be here and it’s a fun place to play.”
This echoes what he stated final month about taking part in in Dodger Stadium, one other historic park the place he has regularly put up huge numbers.
But Alonso appears to be hitting dingers regardless of the place he performs. The ridiculous tempo was even a bit of stunning to his supervisor, who hadn’t crunched the numbers himself however was knowledgeable of them Tuesday night time.
“You try not to talk too much about it,” stated supervisor Buck Showalter. “He’s making a lot of loud collisions. And he’s been pretty consistent. He’s had very few [light] stretches. That’s hard to do. He doesn’t let one day take him down a bad road.”
Alonso might go down a nasty highway if he checked out a number of the numbers himself. He’s solely hitting .230. But he’s main the league in RBI with 43 and it’s the crew stats which have all the time mattered extra to him. The dwelling runs are the results of him barreling the ball at an elite charge.
“I just feel like I’m in a really good spot,” Alonso stated. “In control of my at-bats and just understanding what I can and can’t handle. I’m doing a really good job of capitalizing on stuff in my zone and if it’s not there, I’m not swinging.”
Alonso has hit one out of the park in 5 of his final seven video games. More than that, he’s an emotional chief for the Mets. The crew has been particularly streaky this season with extraordinarily excessive highs — like taking two of three from the league-leading Tampa Bay Rays — and really low lows — getting swept by the lowly Detroit Tigers. Alonso has been a constant power for the Mets on the sphere and one of many gamers who helps preserve it collectively off of it as properly.
When requested the best way to preserve the Mets from coming into right into a downward spiral just a few weeks in the past, shortstop Francisco Lindor stated he would preserve passing the mic to Alonso on the bus. He brings comedic levity and confidence in realizing the Mets can overcome adversity.
Last season, Aaron Judge lit up New York and the whole sports activities world with 62 homers. If Alonso retains this up, he’ll carry the identical intrigue and a spotlight to Queens.
“Every season is its own entity, but I do feel really, really good right now,” Alonso stated. “I just need to stay right here where I’m at and just trying to stack as many good at-bats here as possible.”
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