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Tampa Native, Pete Alonso Breaks Darryl Strawberry's Mets Franchise Home Run Record
Pete Alonso set a new Mets home run record during a 13-5 win that ended a seven-game losing streak and tied an MLB record with six two-out home runs, MLB stats show.
- On Aug 12, 2025 at Citi Field, Pete Alonso hit two homers to break the Mets’ franchise record in a 13-5 win over the Braves.
- Following an 11-loss-in-12 stretch, the Mets snapped a seven-game skid with a two-out, three-run rally, ending their recent slump.
- Supporting the rally, Brandon Nimmo’s three-run shot and Francisco Alvarez’s two homers fueled the attack, with 16 hits and a club-record-tying six two-out homers.
- The win by New York’s bullpen, with Gregory Soto earning the victory and Justin Hagenman securing the save, moves the Mets within five games of NL East leader Philadelphia.
- Looking ahead, David Peterson, Mets starter, is scheduled to pitch Wednesday as the club aims for a postseason turnaround after recent struggles.
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Brandon Nimmo revels in Pete Alonso’s Mets home run record
Brandon Nimmo has been with Pete Alonso from the start. When Alonso made his MLB debut in 2019, Nimmo was already an established veteran who, too, had come up through the Mets organization as a touted prospect. Alonso, 30, and Nimmo, 32, have been two of the franchise’s faces in the seven years since, enduring their share of losing seasons before helping lead the Mets to the NLCS last year. It was fitting, then, that Nimmo was on first base Tues…
Tampa native, Pete Alonso breaks Darryl Strawberry's Mets franchise home run record
NEW YORK (AP) — The moment Pete Alonso couldn’t have imagined as a baseball-loving kid growing up in Florida arrived Tuesday night. Alonso broke the Mets’ franchise home run record, going deep twice and knocking in three runs as New York beat the Atlanta Braves 13-5 on Tuesday night. Alonso’s first homer, a two-run shot just beyond the right-centerfield fence off Spencer Strider (5-10) in the third inning, was his 253rd. He moved past Darryl Str…
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