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Alonso-sparked Mets stay alive, beat Dodgers in NLCS Game 5

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NEW YORK -- Pete Alonso's improbable home run set the tone for the night.

The Mets first baseman hit a first-inning slider from the Dodgers' Jack Flaherty off his feet and 432 feet to center field, a three-run blast that put the Mets offense in gear in an eventual 12-6, season-saving win in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series on Friday.

The home run wasn't a pitching mistake as much as it was a hitting marvel.