The Mets beat the Phillies with Pete Alonso

NEW YORK – Pete Alonso's upper body was naked, with the exception of a compression sleeve wrapping his left elbow and a batting glove on each hand. In the midst of the chaos caused by the Mets' 5-5 win over the Phillies at Citi Field, Alonso had no idea what his teammates actually had

NEW YORK — Pete AlonsoThe upper body was bare, except a compression sleeve wrapping around his left elbow and a batting glove on each hand. In the midst of the chaos caused by the Mets' 5-5 win over the Phillies at Citi Field, Alonso did not really know which of his teammates had torn his shirt off his back. He only knew that at one point, standing and celebrating, surrounded by teammates, he had become shirtless on the ground.

He kissed her. When Noah Syndergaard ran and threw a pitcher of water on him, Alonso smiled and raised both hands in the air.

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"It's a fun thing," said Alonso. "I hope that I will be able to rip even more shirts and that they will be able to remove me at the end of this case."

Since Alonso's undressed Michael Conforto Following a single last weekend, the rookie's teammates "warned" him that if the roles came back someday, his clothes and he would certainly separate. So it was Friday night, when Alonso started a walk in the ninth inning and thus launched a new manic celebration on the ground. The win, combined with a defeat by the Cubs, allowed the Mets to play four games on a Wild Card qualification with 22 games to play.

"You just sort of thought that he was going to do it," said director Mickey Callaway.

What Alonso was even able to do was the product of a game in which the Mets took a fast two-run lead, restituted it, and then took it back on RBI Alonso hits and Wilson Ramos in the eighth. The dishes looked at Edwin Díaz blow his second consecutive save opportunity by giving up two points J.T. Realmuto Homer.

But with additional sleeves imminent, the Mets received a spark Juan Lagares and J.D. Davis hit two consecutive singles in the ninth, and Nick Vincent hit Jeff McNeil with a pitch to bring Alonso to the plate.

Alonso – he has 45 points and now 107 RBIs, a favorite to win the National League Rookie of the Year award and a candidate to receive votes at the bottom of the most valuable player votes.

"I'm sure the pitcher likes," Oh no, it's Pete Alonso coming up, "Callaway said.

None of Vincent's first two paces tried Alonso, who took them for balls as the crowd moved. The next throw was a fast 89 mph mid-level shot that Alonso offered and missed. In retrospect, it was the best field he saw. Alonso ruined a fastball on the outside, then another well below the area.

"I said to myself," Okay, he's got nowhere to put me, "said Alonso." Either he has to drop one, or if it's not there, I'll take it . "

Vincent chose the latter option by delivering a fast ball from the height of the shoulder that Alonso took for the fourth ball. As the food poured from their canoe, Tomas Nido and Luis Guillorme grabbed his sweater and tore it on both sides. Alonso conducted multiple field interviews in that state, stressing that he did not feel the cold on wet and rainy nights, because "I am a polar bear".

This polar bear is perhaps also the most important reason why the Mets, at age 72-68, still have a chance in the Wild Card NL race. Since they are not yet playing against the Nationals and Cubs, the Wild Cards, this season, the Mets know they will need the help of other teams to go to October. Third base player Todd Frazier, who admitted to having watched the scorecard, said the Mets "must think deeply, and we must think a lot", if they want to participate in the post-season tournament.

To accomplish this kind of thing, they will also need Alonso to continue to contribute, whether through homers, walks or any other means.

"The sky is the limit for him, man," said Frazier. "He's going to be a very good hitter. He is already there.