{"id":242623,"date":"2025-08-12T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/242623\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:47:11","slug":"pete-alonso-returns-home-with-chance-to-break-mets-hr-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/242623\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Alonso returns home with chance to break Mets HR record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Alonso<\/a> has a chance to make history at home.<\/p>\n

Alonso enters the Mets<\/a>\u2019 six-game homestand with 252 career home runs, tying him with Darryl Strawberry<\/a> for the franchise record.<\/p>\n

His next opportunity to set the Mets\u2019 all-time home run record comes Tuesday night, when the Mets begin a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be nice to do it here in front of our home fan base,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said at Citi Field<\/a> last Tuesday, when Alonso was sitting on 251 homers.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing it here at Citi Field, it will be special, but obviously I don\u2019t want to put too much pressure on him. I want him to go out there and just be himself. It\u2019s gonna happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alonso, 30, did not homer in the final two games of the Mets\u2019 previous homestand. He tied Strawberry\u2019s decades-old record on Saturday night in Milwaukee, then went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI in Sunday\u2019s series finale against the Brewers.<\/p>\n

That set the stage for Alonso to potentially hit No. 253 at Citi Field, where he\u2019s clubbed 12 of his 26 homers this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe record is obviously something that is really special, and it\u2019s meaningful, but right now in the heat of it, I\u2019m not too focused on that,\u201d Alonso said on Aug. 2 at Citi Field after hitting No. 250<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just focused on wins and what I can help this team do to win in each game. We\u2019re in the thick of a playoff race right now. I\u2019ll think of all the other stuff in the offseason or whenever I have time to.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets (63-55) were swept over the weekend in Milwaukee. They have lost seven games in a row and 11 of their last 12.<\/p>\n

Entering Monday, the Mets were 5.5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East and had fallen into the third and final NL wild card spot.<\/p>\n

This week, the Phillies are playing the Cincinnati Reds, who began Monday only 1.5 games behind the Mets for the last wild card position.<\/p>\n

After their series against the Braves, the Mets are slated to wrap up their homestand with a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Alonso has not homered in seven games against the Braves this season. Atlanta is set to start right-handers Spencer Strider (5-9, 4.04 ERA), Carlos Carrasco (2-2, 6.18 ERA) and Bryce Elder (4-9, 6.12 ERA) during this week\u2019s series in Queens.<\/p>\n

In his career, Alonso has homered once in 17 at-bats against Strider and once in eight at-bats against Elder. Alonso has never faced Carrasco, who was a Mets teammate from 2021-23.<\/p>\n

Alonso, a homegrown Met in his seventh MLB season, already owns the franchise\u2019s single-season home run record, which he set as a rookie with 53 in 2019. He is the only Met with three seasons of at least 40 homers, a feat he\u2019s achieved three times.<\/p>\n

He hit his 252nd homer in his 963rd game. Strawberry finished with the same total in 1,109 games with the Mets.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone here was happy for him,\u201d Francisco Lindor said after Alonso tied Strawberry\u2019s record. \u201cIt\u2019s something that I know he doesn\u2019t talk about much, but I\u2019m sure he wanted it, and for him to accomplish that, it\u2019s a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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