Pete Alonso didn’t even give SNY a chance to bleep out his postgame interview mic drop to the Citi Field crowd on live television
Following a walk-off, three-run homer by the Mets’ star first baseman in the 10th inning Tuesday night, Alonso capped his live postgame on the field with a “let’s f—king go Mets” after thanking the fans for coming out.
Alonso, who was battling a cold, usually says the letters LFGM, but the excitement might have gotten to him here.
His blast into the second deck in left gave the Mets an 8-7 victory over the Rays on a night when young contributors such as Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez kept them afloat — with the pair hitting game-tying homers at various points throughout the night.
“It was awesome,” Pete Alonso said in the SNY interview when asked about the ending. “I mean, we’ve been grinding all year, and today’s a huge building block for us. … It’s a great building block, and we want to keep this thing going.”
The Mets have struggled to get their season going, though, and on Tuesday, to start their series against the Rays, Justin Verlander was booed off the field following a disastrous start.
Most of the offense, including Alonso, has struggled through some sort of slump, but his latest blast propelled him back into the MLB lead with 15 through the opening 44 games.
“I mean, this is great,” Alonso said minutes after flipping his bat, jogging around the bases and starting the celebration. “We had a couple different young guys step up in really huge spots for us, and we had some great at-bats all night. It just happened to come at the end. It was a great win for us. Great team win.”
Kodai Senga allowed one run across six innings, but the Rays extended their lead in the seventh when Jose Siri homered against Jeff Brigham.
But in the bottom of the frame, Vientos — just called up earlier Wednesday to make his season debut with the Mets — blasted a ball 414 feet to center field to tie the game 2-2.
Then, after the Rays regained the lead and made it 5-2 entering the ninth, Alvarez tied the score again with the Mets down to their final out, crushing a pitch 426 feet from Jason Adam and throwing his bat toward the dugout as he jogged toward first base.
“They’re pros,” Alonso said about Vientos and Alvarez. “They’re absolutely professionals, and I know they’re young. They’re very early in their career, but they’re pros and they’re able to make an impact and we needed that. They were huge for us tonight.”
Then, a few moments later, came Alonso’s swear word on live television — the late-game heroics were followed a little too much enthusiasm.