Mets, Pirates' benches clear after Pete Alonso gets hit by pitch

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The New York Mets are sick of tired of getting plunked.

On Saturday night, four Mets were hit by pitches — on Sunday, Pete Alonso was hit, and he was not happy.

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Pete Alonso of the New York Mets is hit by a pitch during the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field in New York on Sept. 15, 2022. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

He stared down Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Johan Oviedo, causing the benches to clear after some words were exchanged.

Both benches were warned after the exchange. There were no punches thrown or ejections, but the Mets certainly have an understandable gripe.

It was the 102nd time the Mets were hit by a pitch this year, by far the most in the majors. They could very well set the modern record, which is 105 by last year's Cincinnati Reds.

The Mets have been magnets all season long, and manager Buck Showalter had met with MLB officials early on in the season, but it seems like it's mostly just bad luck.

At the time, Showalter placed blame on the sticky substance crackdown as well as changes to the baseball.

"Let’s be frank about it," Showalter said back in April. "Gripping a baseball, the pitchers took it too far with the Spider Tack and made it a pitching advantage with spin rate and everything, and now I’m not so sure we haven’t gone too far the other way. Trying to grip a baseball that’s been rubbed with mud in April and early May and October is real slick. The rosin just doesn’t do as much as you think. Somehow I think we’ve gone too far."

Pete Alonso (20) of the New York Mets yells at Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Johan Oviedo (62) after being hit on the