Mets' Pete Alonso passes 40-HR mark to join exclusive club - ESPN

NEW YORK — Pete Alonso put himself in some powerful company Sunday.

The All-Star slugger homered twice and drove in four runs, reaching 40 homers and 100 RBIs for the second consecutive season as the New York Mets beat the first-place Seattle Mariners 6-3.

Alonso hit an RBI single in the first inning before his two-run shot in the third made him the fifth player in major league history with at least three 40-homer seasons in his first five campaigns, joining Hall of Famers Ralph Kiner (four times) and Eddie Matthews as well as Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols.

«Kind of mind-baffling,» Alonso said. «Impressive names. I had no idea.»

Mets slugger Pete Alonso on Sunday became the fifth player in MLB history to hit at least 40 home runs in three of his first five major league seasons.

Jeff McNeil also went deep — after finishing a homer shy of the cycle Saturday night — and New York took two of three games from the Mariners to hand them their first series loss since Aug. 11-13 against Baltimore.

«It's been a while,» manager Scott Servais said.

Seattle, which won a franchise-record 21 games in August, began the day leading the AL West by one game over Houston.

«We just had a historic month for the organization and we had maybe a little setback here,» said Mike Ford, who hit the second of back-to-back homers in the fourth. «But we can get right back on it.»

Alonso's solo homer in the seventh made him the fourth player in Mets history with three 100-RBI seasons. David Wright reached the milestone five times, and Carlos Beltrán and Darryl Strawberry each did it three times.

«Through thick and thin, we know one thing: Pete's going to walk through that door the same guy every day,» Mets manager Buck Showalter said. «Pleasure to be