Pete Alonso hit his 251st career homer Monday night to pull within one of Darryl Strawberry’s New York Mets franchise record, but the Cleveland Guardians earned a 7-6, 10-inning win after squandering

With that home run, Alonso now sits just one shy of Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record of 252. It took Strawberry, who represented the Mets as an All-Star seven times and finished in the top three in National League MVP balloting two times, 1,109 games from 1983-90.

Pete Alonso is one step closer to Darryl Strawberry ’s Mets home run record. Alonso opened the scoring in Saturday afternoon's victory over the Giants by crushing a 1-2 fastball from right-hander Kai-Wei Teng for a no-doubt three-run shot. The blast left the bat at a whopping 109.4 mph and carried 428 feet to left-center.