If there was ever a time for Pete Alonso to pitch his newest signature second for the Mets, the ninth inning of Recreation 3 of the Nationwide League Wild Card Collection — in what could also be his closing recreation with the franchise earlier than coming into free company — he definitely it was that.
Alonso’s three-run homer within the ninth inning — with one out and the Mets offense almost silent for a lot of the night — turned a two-run deficit right into a one-run lead in what ended up being an exciting 4-2 victory in Wednesday evening that saved their season and despatched the Amazin’s to the divisional spherical towards the Phillies.
His blast helped overcome Milwaukee’s back-to-back homers given up by Jose Buto — allowed on consecutive pitches — within the seventh inning, with Jake Bowers and Sal Frelick connecting on house runs towards Buto, who took over on the mound after Jose Quintana opened with six scoreless innings for the Mets.
