SAN DIEGO — Pete Alonso had called it a must-win game. Give the Mets rookie credit for taking matters into his own hands.
With the Mets desperately needing a jolt, Alonso delivered with a mammoth two-run homer in the ninth inning Tuesday night that scored the go-ahead runs in his team’s 7-6 victory over the Padres at Petco Park.
Alonso’s 449-foot rocket off Adam Warren hit the Western Metal Supply Co.