Seven minutes after the Mets advanced, and as the team celebrated on the field, the sections of fans behind New York’s dugout at American Family Field began loudly chanting, “Pete A-lon-so! Pete A-lon-so! ” It’s a name now deeply etched in Mets playoff history.

Was this how it was going to end for Pete Alonso in his Mets tenure? With free agency waiting for him whenever the Mets season ends, Alonso came to the plate in the ninth inning of an elimination game with his team trailing 2-0.