Pete Alonso receives Curtain Call at Citifield after hitting his 300th HR at Citifield

https://nypost.com/2026/09/15/sports/pete-alonso-hits-300th-home-ruin-to-help-orioles-beat-mets/

What a night for Pete Alonso and the majority of the 28,097 Mets fans on hand. 

What a gut punch — or maybe a jab directed a bit lower — for the Mets. 

In yet another surreal scene during a series filled with them, Alonso crushed a milestone, game-tying home run at Citi Field and bathed in the adoration of Mets fans who had just watched him help steal a game from the team they root for. 

Alonso’s 300th helped send the game to extra innings. It was another home run — an inside-the-parker from Coby Mayo in the 11th inning — that just about sealed it for the Orioles. 

And after all that, the Mets might have felt as bruised as A.J. Ewing, who smacked into the wall and was slow getting up after trying to catch the Mayo drive that led to the 7-5 Mets loss Tuesday in Queens, where the fans showed dramatic swings in allegiance. 

“I’ve never seen anything like that before,” said Sean Manaea, a close friend of Alonso who nonetheless made clear that he did not love the team’s own crowd supporting the opponent. 

Everyone in the dugout was saying, ‘Go out there,’ and they were right,” Alonso said. “I appreciate all the support. Especially all the years I’ve been here, all the life I’ve lived here. Obviously appreciate that, and it’s a two-way street.” 

The love between fans and player is understandable. The virtual entirety of a ballpark cheering as its team’s closer blows a save is nearly unfathomable. 

Senga said the crowd reaction did not bother him solely because it was Alonso — with any other hitter, he said, he would have been irked

The swing was less jarring than the reaction: Alonso hurled his bat toward the Orioles dugout and circled the bases to mostly cheers. 

“Pete Alonso” cheers broke out until Alonso — in a visiting ballpark, having just tied the game — took a curtain call from a fanbase that does not have much to root for during September of a lost campaign and thus decided to root for the one who got away.