Pete Alonso trips over own bat in bizarre Mets rally-killing double play

· New York Post

The Mets had already knocked in a run in the first inning on Wednesday night against the Brewers and were primed for more.

But Pete Alonso killed a rally with a bizarre double play where he barely got halfway down the first-base line because of his own bat in Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series at American Family Field.

With runners on the corners and one out, Alonso, the Mets All-Star, hit a 110.1 mph ground ball to Brewers shortstop Willy Adames, who helped turn into a routine double play with Alonso barely getting down the line.

The reason why?

Pete Alonso tripped over his own bat during Game 2.
Pete Alonso hit into an inning-ending double play.

Alonso, after putting his bat down, tripped over it with his right foot an fell down head-first into the dirt.

It was a bizarre end to the inning, one in which the Brewers answered right back with a Jackson Chourio leadoff homer in the bottom half.

The Mets, though, scored two in the second to move up 3-1.