Pete Alonso’s rough night at the plate got worse when he whiffed for a third time Wednesday night at Citi Field and took his frustration out on his bat, as he snapped it over his leg as he walked back to the dugout.
It was the second time the first baseman wasn’t able to come through in a critical situation against the Red Sox, as Alonso also struck out with the bases loaded with no one out in the bottom of the first.
But it didn’t hurt the red-hot Mets who rolled to an 8-3 win over the Red Sox for their seventh straight victory.
Pete Alonso was miffed after his eighth-inning strikeout. SNY/X
Pete Alonso struck out in two big spots for the Mets on Wednesday. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Pete Alonso was not thrilled after his last strikeout. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Alonso, who went 0-for-4 with those three strikeouts, was bailed out by Jesse Winker, who followed with a grand slam.
In the eighth, with the Mets up by a run, Alonso came up with runners on first and second and went down swinging again — and his bat paid for it.
