The Polar Bear is two bombs away from becoming the Mets home run king.

No. 251 brought the Mets back to within two runs of tying the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night at Citi Field. A 4-for-5 night with four RBI helped the Mets go from down five runs to down two, to down only one, and sparked the rally that tied the game.

But after a valiant comeback effort, Pete Alonso struck out with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, and an error by third baseman Brett Baty in the top of the 10th handed the Guardians back the lead.

The Mets fell 7-6 in 10 innings to start the series, their sixth loss in seven tries.

At 63-50, they’re now 2.0 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East.

Alonso’s three-run homer came in the bottom of the sixth, right after left-hander Sean M

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