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New York Mets’ Pete Alonso gestures to teammates after hitting an RBI single during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
BRONX — Pete Alonso was 1-for-his-last-29 when he stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday — just the latest miserable stretch of a prolonged slump that had befuddled the New York Mets slugger for the better part of the last two-and-a-half months.
While he hit 15 home runs during that stretch, in the 59 games he appeared in since the second leg of a May 1 doubleheader, Alonso batted just .175 with a .713 OPS which is remarkably paltry by his standards.
But in his fourth at-bat in what would eventually be a 6-2 Mets loss — and after he went 0-for-3 to start — Alonso flicked a grounder the other way that had enough eyes to roll into right field for a single, scoring Brandon Nimmo.
“It felt really nice to get that hit the other way,” Alonso said after the game. “I was really proud of the swing decisions. That’s a positive. I didn’t chase. That’s a positive. And I had an RBI single today. So that’s a huge positive especially when things have been going tough.
“You just have to find positives in every situation and make a meal out of a breadcrumb.”
Alonso has done well to fill up on that scrap of good fortune as a big night at Yankee Stadium officially got him out of the waiting room that was the worst slump of his career and straight to the dinner table.
The 28-year-old went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI, all off Domingo German, in the Mets’ 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday night. He had five RBI in his previous 13 games.
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