Two years ago, I wrote a story for The Post about my wife and I taking our one-year-old to an early afternoon Mets game at Citi Field.

In addition to Alonso and Baty, Francisco Alvarez added two of his own and Brandon Nimmo hit the other home run. The Mets record for home runs in a game remains eight. This article was originally published on www.si.com as Mets Hit So Many Home Runs vs. Braves They Ran Out of Fireworks at Citi Field.

The New York Mets' bats were on fire on Tuesday night in the team's 13-5 win over the Atlanta Braves, as Pete Alonso broke Darryl Strawberry's franchise record for home runs.