MIAMI — There are so many minor moments in the course of a 162-game season that end up telling the story of the whole.

Here’s the one from the Mets’ 4-0 loss to the Marlins on Sunday at loanDepot park, the one that eliminated them from playoff contention in Game 162:

The bases were loaded in the fifth when Pete Alonso strode to the plate as the tying run. The man who saved the season last year again was facing the possibility that this would be his last game in a Mets uniform, and there was a sort of steeliness to his gait — a lumbering presence that made it feel as if this deeply un-magical season might have some spark yet.

Alonso lined Edward Cabrera’s sinker straight toward the left-centerfield gap at a screaming 115.9 mph — the hardest any Met hit a ball all year. But Javier S

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