New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso highlighted a positive trait this year’s team already has after the extra-innings win over the Marlins. The four-time All-Star came in the clutch with a three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to tie this game at 4-4.

Alonso’s grand slam was one of four homers hit by the Mets in a 10-4 demolition of the Marlins at loanDepot park. After three frustrating offensive games in Houston, where they managed only five runs total and lost twice, the Mets jumped all over right-hander Cal Quantrill in the fifth inning and coasted.

Juan Soto scores off a Pete Alonso double in the top of the first inning for the Mets vs. the Marlins.

Luis Torrens continued his stellar sub role against Miami, while the New York bullpen is showing surprising depth.

After doubling to plate a run in the first inning, Alonso blasted a three-run homer in the eighth inning to tie the game at 4-4. The star slugger is off to a fast start at the plate, slashing .286/.423/.

Pete Alonso launched a three-run homer that tied the score with two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Mets scored twice in the 11th to beat the Miami Marlins 6-5 on Wednesday.

He struggled to find solid contact during the Mets’ season-opening series against Houston, but Miami’s balmy climate provided a warm welcome for the Polar Bear. Alonso, a Flor

Pete Alonso enjoyed playing the role of hero against the Marlins this week, and the veteran Mets slugger has brought energy to a lineup still waiting to produce with consistency.

Big things are expected of the high-priced Mets. Nothing’s really happened that’s worthy of a tantrum yet. But not much inspired a celebration yet either — not until Alonso came to bat in the