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Pete Alonso Slams Door on Brewers & Doubters with Heroic Blast

 For the second time in a week the New York Mets have given their fans a game that will never soon be forgotten. And this time it was none other than Pete Alonso who delivered the heroics when he crushed a three-run homer in the Mets stunning, thrilling 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in a winner-take-all Game 3 of the NL Wild Card series. 

Alonso who was 0-for-3 in the game, and had struggled throughout the entire series in Milwaukee faced arguably the biggest at bat of his career, and passed the test with flying colors.

 

Pete Alonso Celebrates his Home Run in Game 3. Getty Images

He silenced the entire crowd in Milwaukee, and sent Mets fans across the country into an absolute tizzy. 

There was a watch party at Citi Field. The videos that have suffered through X and Instagram are beyond epic. 

Mets play-by-play man Howie Rose, who called the historic homer, heard it played back over the loudspeaker on the Mets plane, in a wonderful moment as Rose got out of his seat to high five Mets players, including Alonso before take-off. 


One has to feel good for Alonso. The pressure on him this year has been immense, considering he is a pending free agent, and up until his Game 3 home run vs. Milwaukee, Alonso was having what many considered a down year. 

He hit only .240 with 34 home runs and 88 RBI. Not bad in the run production department, but also not up to Alonso's standards from earlier in his career. 

His home run not only gets many Mets fans who were criticizing his play of late off his back, it makes it a certainty that to keep him around, the Mets are going to have to pay up. And you know what? He's worth every penny.

When the Mets closed the game out, the team broke into rapid celebration. For the second time this week, the Mets cheated elimination and found a way. 

It says a lot about a baseball team that goes eight innings unable to get a hit, suddenly finds a way to get the job done when it appears that all is lost. 

That has been the formula for the Mets all season. They have found ways to win games nobody saw them winning. They're as galvanized as any team still playing in the postseason right now. 

Now New York will turn its attention to a team it knows all too well in the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS, which begins Saturday at 4 p.m.   Kodi Senga who has been out virtually all season with various injuries will get the start in a stunning move by manager Carlos Mendoza on Friday afternoon. Senga pitched in only one game this year back in July, before leaving with a calf injury. 

Before the calf injury, Senga missed the first half of the year due to a shoulder injury he suffered in spring training. 

When he was truly healthy in 2023, Senga was the Mets best starter with a 2.98 ERA and a win-loss record of 12-7. 

While this decision on its surface is a big risk, with the way things have been going so well for the Mets of late, don't put anything past them at this rate.

 

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