David Wright congratulated Pete Alonso for passing the previous Mets third baseman on the group’s all-time residence run listing, telling him to set his sights on Darryl Strawberry, the franchise document holder.
Alonso moved to second all-time for residence runs in Mets franchise historical past along with his two-homer day in a 13-5 win over the Rockies at Coors Area on Sunday and leapfrogged Wright within the course of.
“Just a huge congratulations,” Wright mentioned in a video for Alonso. “You are one of the premier power hitters in the game. You easily passed me. Set Straw in your sights and now go get him. Congratulations, my man.”
Alonso is now 9 residence runs away from tying the franchise document and 10 away from claiming all of it for himself.
The Mets star’s first homer of the day got here within the third inning, when he took a first-pitch cutter from Chase Dollander to left subject for a two-run blast to place the Mets up 4-0.
He despatched one other two-run blast to left subject within the eighth inning to seize maintain of second on the house run listing.
“I don’t think that is really going to settle in because we’re still in the middle of the season,” Alonso mentioned concerning the milestone and the potential for extra historical past to return. “Right now, it’s just focus on winning.”
Whereas Alonso is maintaining his give attention to the massive image for the Mets, it does appear to be historical past is imminent with Strawberry’s document in sight.
Sunday already marked the twenty third profession multi-home run recreation for Alonso, which moved him forward of Strawberry on the franchise’s all-time listing in that class.
When discussing Alonso’s hitting, Juan Soto merely mentioned he’s “a great hitter.”
The Mets wrapped up their seven-game West Coast journey with a 5-2 document.
