{"id":178539,"date":"2019-08-28T07:27:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=178539"},"modified":"2019-08-28T07:27:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:27:13","slug":"mets-alonso-1st-rookie-in-81-years-with-homer-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=178539","title":{"rendered":"Mets Alonso, 1st rookie in 81 years with homer record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The rookie has the record.<\/p>\n

New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso became the first rookie in 81 years to break his team\u2019s season home run mark when he connected Tuesday night in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n

(AP Photo\/Kathy Willens)<\/p>\n

Alonso launched his 42nd of the year<\/a> on the first pitch from Yu Darvish in the fourth inning, a no-doubt drive to the opposite field that soared far beyond the fence in right and gave the Mets a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as that ball came off my bat, I knew right away,\u201d Alonso said. \u201cIt\u2019s such an amazing feeling. It\u2019s been a dream come true for me so far this year, and I just feel really blessed and honored.\u201d<\/p>\n

The big first baseman raised his right arm and index finger as he began rounding the bases, then flashed a bright smile in the dugout before coming out for a curtain call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The rookie has the record. New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso became the first rookie in 81 years to break his team\u2019s season home run mark when he connected Tuesday night in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs. (AP Photo\/Kathy Willens) Alonso launched his 42nd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":178540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178541,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178539\/revisions\/178541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/178540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}