The New York Mets lost more than just a game Monday night—they lost a heartbreaker. But Pete Alonso nearly rewrote […]

The New York Mets lost to the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night, falling 7-6 in 10 innings. It was a frustrating loss for New York, who is 63-50, but has dropped to 1.5 games of the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East.

With that home run, Alonso now sits just one shy of Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record of 252. It took Strawberry, who represented the Mets as an All-Star seven times and finished in the top three in National League MVP balloting two times, 1,109 games from 1983-90.