"Only 30cm on the ground" crossed the middle wall with a low ball... This is the power of "Home Run King."
"Only 30cm on the ground" crossed the middle wall with a low ball... This is the power of "Home Run King."
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Is this a form of strength? Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, a former home run king of the Major League Baseball, blasted a home run over the central fence with a shin-high pitch.
Alonso started as the team's fourth batter and first baseman in Game 4 of the 2024 MLB National League Championship Series (NLCS, best-of-seven) against the Los Angeles Dodgers at City Field in Queens, New York on the 19th (Korea time).
Alonso's bat was on fire from his first at-bat. In the bottom of the first inning, Francisco Lindor's right-handed hit and Brandon Nimmo's walk gave the Mets a chance to take the first and second bases. Mark Vientos, who hit four home runs in baseball this fall, was thrown out on a fly to the left field, but Alonso was there for the Mets.
After facing Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty, who allowed seven scoreless innings in the first game, Alonso picked up two balls after watching the first pitch strike. He then pulled up Flaherty's low slider at the fourth pitch and hit a three-run homer over the center fence.
Alonso's ball flew at a flying distance of 432 feet (about 131.6 meters) and a batting speed of 113.6 miles (about 182.8 kilometers). The speed of the ball flew like a bullet was amazing, but what was even more impressive was the position of the pitch. Flaherty's slider was almost below the knee. According to MLB.com , the pitch was only 1.12 feet (34 centimeters) off the ground. It was the lowest pitch in nine years since a home run hit by Daniel Murphy of the Mets in the second NLCS game in 2015.
His performance didn't end there. Alonso, who was the leadoff hitter in the third inning and walked a walk, homered on Starling Marte's two-run homer with runners on the first and second bases with no outs. In the next inning, he also hit a pitch ball, and Jesse Winker's triple homered and scored another run. Later in the eighth inning, he also had consecutive hits after getting on base with heavy hits, and scored his fourth run of the game.
Alonso had two hits, three RBIs, four runs and two walks from three times at bat on the day. Having had only two hits in four previous ALCS games, Alonso got on base four times and scored runs on the day. His team's batters also exploded, winning 12-6 and making the entire series two wins and three losses, to get out of the danger of elimination. 스포츠토토
According to MLB.com , after the game, Alonso said, "I was waiting for the middle pitch," adding, "I don't know how low the ball was. I made contact a little bit in front, and it was low, but it came into the middle of the home plate on the left and right." "I'm happy that we survived and played one more game," he said.
Alonso hit 53 home runs in 2019, winning both the Rookie of the Year and the Home Run Award. He has displayed his formidable power in fall baseball as well.