Pete Alonso served up a massive reminder of his Mets importance
MIAMI — This is why they brought Pete Alonso back. This is why the Mets absolutely needed Alonso.
The Mets were playing arguably their worst game of this young season on an otherwise mundane, up-and-down initial trip when Alonso erased all that negativity with one quick swing of the bat. The Mets-favoring South Florida crowd chanted “Pete A-lon-so,” as he took the field following his game-tying, game-saving home run.
The trip ended all even — and much happier — with the Mets holding a 3-3 record following their 6-5 victory in 11 innings over the Marlins. If not for Alonso, a late re-signee in a wild Mets winter, this would have been a real downer of an excursion.
Alonso hit the liner that shot out into the shrubbery in straight-away center field here in the eighth inning against Marlins right-hander Calvin Faucher that scored three runs and made us forget the seven-plus mostly ugly innings that preceded that one sweet swing. Alonso’s homer was 113.4 miles per hour, according to Baseball Savant, one of three balls he hit 113-plus mph on the day. He really owned his at-bats.
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