MILWAUKEE — For much of the night, it felt as though the Mets season was coming to a close. A few days after celebrating on the field in Atlanta, of all places, to make it to the Wild Card round against the Milwaukee Brewers last October, the Mets appeared to be headed toward yet another early offseason.

But in the top of the ninth, there was hope and there was momentum. Most importantly, there were runners on the corners with one out, and Pete Alonso coming to the plate to face closer Devin Williams with the Mets down 2-0.

Howie Rose, the Mets’ Hall-of-Fame play-by-play voice, said what many were thinking: “This may be his last Mets at-bat; he could make it his most memorable.”

Everyone knows what happened next: Alonso drove a 3-1 changeup over the right field fence for a three-run

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