Pete Alonso coming up big for Mets in more ways than one

The outpouring of Pete Alonso continued Tuesday night, arsenic nan sizzling first baseman added different cardinal run-scoring double successful a 5-1 triumph complete nan Phillies astatine Citi Field.

And he added immoderate fantabulous activity pinch his mitt — peculiarly successful nan apical of nan second, erstwhile Alonso picked a reliable propulsion from Mark Vientos to forestall a tally from scoring.

Afterward, Carlos Mendoza called Alonso “probably nan champion successful nan game” astatine scooping balls successful nan ungraded astatine first base.

“For me, I want to beryllium nan champion first baseman I tin be,” Alonso said. “That’s portion of my crippled and nan position and I return immense pridefulness successful each of it.”

But Alonso’s calling paper will ever beryllium his bat, and connected Tuesday he came to nan sheet pinch 2 outs successful nan bottommost of nan seventh of a one-run crippled and nan arsenic red-hot Francisco Lindor astatine third.

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Alonso ripped a double to near to people Lindor, his 25th RBI of nan young play — tied pinch Aaron Judge for astir successful nan fields — arsenic nan Mets showed nary signs of slowing down pinch a sixth consecutive win.

The two-base deed ignited a three-run inning that helped nan Mets seal nan triumph without overmuch late-inning drama.

Alonso besides singled successful nan 3rd and was deed by a transportation adjacent his near forearm successful nan fifth.

He shook disconnected nan 94 mph sinker from Philadelphia right-hander Joe Ross and remained successful nan crippled pursuing a little sojourn from Mendoza and a trainer.

Just arsenic important arsenic nan security tally he delivered successful nan seventh was nan tally he kept nan Phillies from scoring successful nan second.

With Griffin Canning connected nan mound and successful problem for overmuch of nan first 2 innings, Philadelphia had already tied nan crippled astatine 1-1 pinch 3 consecutive hits and had runners connected 2nd and 3rd pinch 2 outs.

Trea Turner deed a grounder that Vientos ranged to his near to get.

Vientos threw to first astatine an awkward perspective and bounced it, but Alonso made a diving scoop and managed to support his ft connected nan container to extremity nan inning and support nan crippled tied.

“I gave him a large hug correct aft that,” Vientos said. “He’s underappreciated pinch really bully he is complete there.”

Alonso has ne'er been known for his defense and his metrics successful that portion of nan crippled stay mostly subpar.

“I cognize his protect numbers [aren’t good], I conjecture because of range,” Mendoza said. “But erstwhile it comes to picking balls successful nan dirt, Pete is successful nan conversation. That play was a game-changer.”

Alonso made different bully prime astatine first erstwhile Tyrone Taylor doubled disconnected Kyle Schwarber astatine first guidelines from halfway section successful nan eighth connected a alert shot by Nick Castellanos.

“It’s each astir winning games,” Alonso said. “However I tin thief america do it, whether it’s putting points up aliases making a play astatine first, that’s each I attraction about.”