ATLANTA – Before the weekend that would effectively settle the National League East, New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso considered whether he had ever played in a series with so much at stake. Since his debut in 2019, the Mets have not made the postseason, finishing at least nine games back every year, and so this would surely be the biggest of his MLB career. Twice he led his Florida Gators to the College World Series.
Drawing upon that experience, he said that when so much is at stake, less is more. “Smaller thoughts equal big results.”
People will talk about how the Mets were 10.5 games up in the division on June 1, a high mark that was whittled away over the following three months. But they didn’t collapse — going 63-44 since — so much as they were caught. In that same span, the Braves were 76-32, a 114-win pace and second only to the Los Angeles Dodgers in all of baseball.
“What I've reminded them and will remind them is how good they are,” manager Buck Showalter said. “And how good a year they've had and we'll still get a chance to accomplish their goals.”Even the good starts by the great pitchers include a few bad pitches. You hope to miss out of the zone, or sneak one by the hitter, or have him waste it on a pop-up. But sometimes, you get beat on your bad pitches. That’s what the best lineups do: punish mistakes.
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