Pete Alonso Blasts 250th Career Home Run, Nears Mets Record

New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso hit his 250th career home run on Saturday, a significant three-run blast off Giants right-hander Kai-Wei Teng that traveled 428 feet. This milestone marks his 24th home run of the season and his second in back-to-back days, indicating he is finding his rhythm at the plate after a cold stretch. Alonso is now just two home runs shy of tying Darryl Strawberry’s Mets franchise record. He also joins an exclusive group as only the fifth player in MLB history to reach 250 career homers within their first seven big-league seasons.