Jason Getz/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
ATLANTA — Pete Alonso drove in six runs with five hits — including a three-run homer that helped lead to Julio Teheran’s shortest career start — and the Mets held on in the ninth inning to beat the Atlanta Braves, 10-8, on Thursday night.
Alonso’s first-inning homer carried 451 feet before making a splash landing in the pool behind the center-field wall.
Alonso’s 39th homer tied Cody Bellinger for the National League rookie record. Bellinger hit 39 homers for the Dodgers in 2017, the same year the Yankees’ Aaron Judge set the major league rookie mark with 52.