The New York Mets found some late magic off the bat of Pete Alonso on Thursday night. Pete Alonso led the Mets’ miraculous comeback with a ninth inning home run on Milwaukee’s night.
The Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 and advanced to the National League Division Series. The best-of-three wild-card win moves the Mets to Philadelphia, where the Mets and Phillies begin the NLDS on Saturday.
New York didn’t make things easy in Milwaukee on Thursday night.
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Down 2-0 and with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, New York advanced to the National League Division Series with a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers off Devin Williams.
Francisco Lindor started the inning with a walk and two batters later Brandon Nimmo singled to put runners on the corners. This was the first hit by a Met other than Lindor on the night, as Lindor went 2-for-3. , but the others went a combined 0-for-24.
New York Mets’ Pete Alonso (No. 20) celebrates after hitting a ninth inning home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 3, 2024. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
That gave birth to slugger Pete Alonso. The right-hander threw the ball over the right field wall and into the opposite field, giving New York a 3-2 lead and causing havoc in the dugout and on the basepaths.
Starling Marte added an RBI single for good measure to pad the lead.
Edwin Diaz pitched the entire seventh and eighth innings with the Mets trailing, so the Mets brought in David Peterson for the save. He promptly allowed a leadoff single to Sal Frelick, who followed up with Jake Bauers on consecutive singles in the seventh, but struck out Joey Ortiz and forced Brice Turang into a 6-6-3 double play to give the Mets the win. Series win.
The miraculous victory that came three days after the Mets clinched a postseason berth in their first game against the Atlanta Braves, who were down 3-0 in the 8th inning and 7-6 in the 9th, is a sense of déjà vu for the Mets. of a doubleheader.
Pete Alonso of the New York Mets hits a three-run home run during the ninth inning of Game 3 of a National League wild card baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Padres’ Fernando Tatis JR. After winning the Wild Card Series, he dances shirtless in the locker room in celebration.
It seemed like all was for naught for the Mets, who allowed back-to-back home runs in the top of the seventh after getting Jose Quintana out after six scoreless innings. But Alonso’s outburst was the first time the Mets have trailed after the ninth inning in a winner-takes-all postseason game, according to OPTA statistics.
This is the first time since 2006 that both the Mets and New York Yankees advanced to the Division Series. Isn’t it too early to be curious about the Subway series?
Pete Alonso of the New York Mets celebrates hitting a three-run home run with Brandon Nimmo (9) and Francisco Lindor (12) in the ninth inning of Game 3 of the National League wild card baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, October 3. 2024, Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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The Mets will now face their NL East rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies, in the National League Division Series. Philly is the NL’s No. 2 seed and this will be the first time the two teams have faced each other in the postseason.
The season series was very tight, with Philly winning 7 of 13 games. The series begins Saturday at 4:08 PM ET in Philadelphia.
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