Pete Alonso’s 300th Home Run Ball Retrieved from Mets Fans After Signed-Jersey Exchange

Pete Alonso reached his 300th career home run during the game Baltimore won 7-5 at the New York Mets’ field. His ninth-inning hit tied the score 3-3, while the game was decided in the 11th inning; with this win the Orioles improved to 74-78, while the Mets fell to 69-82. Alonso, signed with Baltimore for five years and $155 million, is having a strong season with .267/.362/.499, 36 home runs and 101 RBIs, and had spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Mets, where he set the team’s record with 264 home runs.

According to Bleacher Report, SNY posted a video showing the moment Alonso meets Mets fans Mike, Nick, and Chris and they make an exchange: they gave him the 300th home run ball, while Alonso gifted them signed balls and bats and signed their jerseys. The video also shows he brought them some beers and offered tickets to Orioles games in Baltimore.

At Citi Field, Alonso was welcomed with applause and even received a curtain call, a respect usually reserved for home players. Speaking to the media, he expressed gratitude for the reception: he said he appreciates the support for all the years and the life he spent there, and considers respect a two-way thing.

His role in the game kept the Orioles still in contention for the wild-card spot in the American League, closing to three games behind Cleveland for the final spot, and the exchange between the fans and Alonso was widely covered in the media. According to Bleacher Report.