Pete Alonso tied Darryl Strawberry atop the New York Mets’ all-time home run list Saturday night when the slugging first baseman homered in the second inning against the host Milwaukee Brewers.
Alonso hit a 1-2 pitch from Tobias Myers 413 feet beyond the left-center wall for his 252nd regular-season homer, tying the mark set by Strawberry from 1983-90. Alonso tied the record in his 963rd game – 146 fewer than Strawberry.
The homer was the 26th of the season for Alonso, a five-time All-Star.
The milestone homer was hit at an appropriate locale for Alonso, who delivered the biggest hit of his career last Oct. 3 with his go-ahead three-run blast for the Mets against the Brewers in the ninth inning of the decisive Game 3 of their National League wild-card series. New York went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in the Division Series before falling in the NLCS to the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.
–Field Level Media
