There is much to like about Mets rookie Pete Alonso, but Saturday night was really special.
Here were the Mets clinging to a one-run lead in the seventh inning — and one-run leads are dangerous with the Mets bullpen. Then Alonso led off with an incredibly high fly to left field.
Rockies left-fielder David Dahl made a valiant effort at the wall, jumping high, but was unable to catch the ball.
And there was Alonso motoring into second base. As soon as Alonso saw the ball bounce off the wall, he was chugging toward third, arms pumping, neck veins popping, giving it his all to get that extra bag.