Pete Alonso mashed his option to main milestones Sunday afternoon, slugging his fortieth and forty first dwelling runs and recording his a hundredth RBI of the season to energy the Mets to a collection win over the surging Seattle Mariners.
The first baseman’s two-run shot within the third inning of the 6-3 victory at Citi Field clinched the third 40-homer season of his profession. No different Met has ever posted a couple of season with 40 dwelling runs.
Alonso is the fifth participant in MLB historical past with three 40-homer campaigns by means of 5 profession seasons, becoming a member of Ralph Kiner, Eddie Mathews, Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard.
That first homer Sunday got here off a dangling curveball from Mariners starter George Kirby, a local of Rye, N.Y., who made the All-Star group this season.
Alonso added a seventh-inning solo dwelling run off a Trent Thornton fastball to account for his a hundredth RBI, marking the third time he’s reached that complete. He joined David Wright, Carlos Beltran and Darryl Strawberry as the one Mets with three 100-RBI seasons.
The 28-year-old Alonso completed the day 3-for-4 with 4 RBI, additionally delivering a first-inning single in opposition to Kirby that drove in Francisco Lindor, who was operating on the pitch and scored from first base.
The offensive outburst got here amid swirling rumors about Alonso’s future with the Mets, who unloaded veterans together with pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer for prospects earlier than final month’s commerce deadline.
Alonso is about to turn out to be a free agent after the 2024 season, and whereas he may obtain an extension earlier than then, The Athletic just lately reported the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs spoke to the Mets in regards to the star slugger forward of the commerce deadline. Alonso responded to that Aug. 22 report by telling reporters, “I love being a Met.”
He now has 187 dwelling runs in his profession, good for fifth on the Mets’ all-time record.
Alonso’s fifth multi-homer sport of the season Sunday got here in help of Mets starter Tylor Megill, who rejoined the rotation in early August after the Verlander and Scherzer trades. Megill allowed three runs and struck out six over 5.1 innings to enhance to 8-7 this 12 months.
Taking the loss was Kirby (10-9), whom the Mets initially drafted within the thirty second spherical of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Rye High School in Westchester County. Kirby opted to attend Elon University as a substitute of signing with the Mets and was chosen within the first spherical by the Mariners in 2019.
Prized Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio went 1-for-4 Sunday, giving him 5 hits in three video games after making his MLB debut Friday.
The Mets (63-74) took two of three in opposition to the red-hot Mariners (77-59), who entered the collection finale alone in first place within the tightly contested American League West. New York opened the three-game set with a 2-1 win Friday earlier than dropping Saturday’s sport, 8-7.
Sunday concluded a 4-5 homestand for the Mets, who’re set to start a two-game collection on the street Tuesday evening in opposition to the Washington Nationals.
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