Fans get to celebrate the return of Alonso, Juan Soto’s first game of many at Citi Field and renewed hope for the future of the franchise.

During Wednesday’s 6-5 win, Mets slugger Pete Alonso did something seen only five other times since the Statcast era began in 2015.

Alonso ended up re-signing with New York (two years, $54 million with a player option after the first year), but his presence in the middle of the Mets’ lineup wasn’t always a given. In free agency, as he put it, Alonso and agent Scott Boras received “dialogue from a number of places over the course of the offseason.”

Just two nights after his grand slam broke open their 10-4 victory over the Miami Marlins, Mets slugger Pete Alonso came through again to carry a sleeping offense on Wednesday at LoanDepot Park. Trailing 4-1 in the eighth inning and staring a second-straight series loss to start the season,

Pete Alonso hit a grand slam and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 10-4 on Monday night. Starling Marte, Luis Torrens and Brandon Nimmo also went deep for the Mets, who finished with 11 hits in the opener of a three-game series. Every starter in the lineup had at least one.

It wasn’t quite the same as Citi Field, but still, loanDepot park had a certain aura percolating the atmosphere as Pete Alonso rounded the bases following a fifth-inning grand slam in Monday night's 10-4 win against the Marlins.