MILWAUKEE — No player needed a big moment more than Pete Alonso.
Throughout the Mets’ incredible September run to reach the postseason, including their wild doubleheader in Atlanta earlier this week, and the first two games of their NL wild-card series vs. Milwaukee, they’d gotten plenty of big hits. But none had come from their star first baseman.
In fact, nothing seemed to be going right for Alonso going into his ninth-inning at-bat in Thursday’s Game 3. His timing looked off; he didn’t look comfortable in the batter’s box. Frankly, with the Mets’ season on the line, there were probably other guys fans wanted up in that moment.