Bubic fell behind 1-0 and then tried to sneak a middle-middle fastball past the big man, but he was not fooled and smacked it 367 feet the other way for an opposite-field three-run homer. Alonso became just the third Met to leave the yard in an All-Star Game, and the first since David Wright did so back in 2006.

Pete Alonso Reveals Mets’ Treatment of Him Before All-Star Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Pete Alonso hadn’t ever homered in the All-Star Game — until Tuesday. The Mets slugger crushed a three-run homer the opposite way off Royals lefty Kris Bubic on Tuesday night in Atlanta to give the National League a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.