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Pete Alonso stood in the Mets dugout and tipped his helmet, absorbing the standing ovation he was receiving.<\/p>\n
It was the third inning in the Mets\u2019 13-5 blowout win over the Braves on Tuesday night at Citi Field, and Alonso had just cleared the fence in right-center against Atlanta\u2019s Spencer Strider to become the franchise\u2019s all-time home run leader.<\/p>\n
Homer No. 253 pushed Alonso ahead of Darryl Strawberry for first place in Mets history. Alonso had tied Strawberry on Saturday with a blast at Milwaukee.<\/p>\n
On this night he doubled to open the second inning. He returned to the plate with two outs in the third and jumped on a first-pitch fastball from Strider to move ahead of Strawberry. The blast gave the Mets a 5-1 lead at the time.<\/p>\n
Alonso added a solo homer in the sixth for his sixth in the past 10 games and gave his team an 11-5 lead.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, a day after tying Strawberry, the Mets first baseman said the record was something he envisioned when he arrived on the major league scene in 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the circumstances allowed me, I would have [believed it],\u201d Alonso said. \u201cFor me it was all about staying healthy and playing as many games as possible and doing my part to help the team win.<\/p>\n \u201cTo say you are a franchise leader, it\u2019s special. Not many people get to say that. You have the runway to play here. I have been here seven years and with my game and skill set, if you were to tell me that, it would be like, \u2018OK, yeah, sweet, checks out.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n Alonso, 30, also indicated he could see himself joining the 500-home run club before his career concludes.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s circumstantial, but if I stay healthy and perform, I can get there,\u201d Alonso said. \u201cI would like to play until I am 40. I think if I stay healthy and continue to perform, [500 homers] is reasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n Strawberry set his record playing for the Mets from 1983-90 \u2014 in 1,109 games. Alonso was playing in his 965th game for the Mets on Tuesday.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t clear as last season concluded that Alonso would get an opportunity to break Strawberry\u2019s record. Alonso hit free agency, and there were early signs the Mets would move on.<\/p>\n But the two sides reconvened in late January, and Alonso ultimately agreed to a two-year contract worth $54 million that includes an opt-out after this season.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pete Alonso has etched himself into the Mets\u2019 record books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":89314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2702,23,1045,285,24],"class_list":["post-89310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-darryl-strawberry","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-pete-alonso","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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