Any game for the remainder of the NLCS conceivably could be Pete Alonso’s final one with the Mets, but the pending free agent clearly has no intention of going quietly, if at all.
Alonso’s four runs scored Friday night were highlighted by a mammoth three-run homer in the first inning of what turned out to be a season-extending 12-6 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS.
Just as Francisco Lindor had sparked the Mets’ previous victory with a leadoff homer in the first inning of Game 2, Alonso cracked a three-run blast over the wall in center off Dodgers righty Jack Flaherty for an early cushion Friday night.
Lindor and Brandon Nimmo scored ahead of Alonso after they reached on a single and a walk, respectively.
It represented an early step in the right direction for the Mets after the Dodgers had seized a 3-1 series lead with a 10-2 drubbing one night earlier.
It marked Alonso’s fourth home run of the postseason, tying Mark Vientos for the team lead, but it was his first in six appearances since Game 3 against the Phillies in the NL division series.
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The homer also snapped a collective 0-for-17 skid by the Mets with runners in scoring position.
Alonso came into the game batting .133 (2-for-15) with no extra-base hits or RBIs in the first four games of the series.
The four-time All-Star also walked and scored the Mets’ five-run third inning and he came across a third time in the game one inning later after he was plunked by Dodgers reliever Brent Honeywell.
Alonso added a bloop single to center in the eighth and scored on Starling Marte’s RBI single — his fourth hit of the game — for a 12-6 lead, one that held.
