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Mets’ Pete Alonso obliterates his bat in frustration

Pete Alonso broke his bat over his knee in disgust after striking out in the third inning against Conner Menez, but said his frustration was over that particular at-bat, not anything bigger.

“I was just upset because I shouldn’t have swung at that pitch — it was a ball,” Alonso said after the Mets lost 3-2 to the Giants in 12 innings in San Francisco on Sunday. “I know I am better than that. I hold myself to a high standard and I was just frustrated.”

Michael Conforto’s “splash hit” that landed in McCovey Cove was the 47th such home run by an opponent in the history of Oracle Park.