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 a five-run lead.

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.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball as Pete Alonso is On the Doorstep of Awesome New York Mets History. The New York Mets lost to the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night, falling 7-6 in 10 innings.