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The buzzing Citi Field crowd — which included Darryl Strawberry parked behind home plate — arrived hoping to witness history.

By the end, they would have settled for a pulse from the Mets offense.

In four plate appearances, Pete Alonso could not find the stroke to match Strawberry at 252 home runs as a Met.

And these days, when Alonso is not powering the attack, too often the attack is lacking power.

The Mets did not record a run after the second inning and did not record a hit after the fourth in what became a 3-2 loss to the Guardians in front of 39,895 in Queens on Tuesday. 4

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