Pete Alonso hits game-winning homer to avoid elimination, a breakdown

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In a high-stakes elimination game, the New York Mets trail the Milwaukee Brewers by two runs late in the contest. Devin Williams, the Brewers' star relief pitcher, takes the mound, showcasing his devastating changeup that has bewildered hitters all season. Francisco Lindor, the Mets' star shortstop, works a walk against Williams, putting the tying run on base. Pete Alonso, the Mets' powerful first baseman, steps to the plate with the game on the line. Alonso recognizes the tell in Williams' delivery, noting the positioning of the pitcher's glove and hand, which indicates whether a fastball or changeup is coming. Alonso lays off the changeups, waiting patiently for the fastball he can drive. "That's a change-up," Alonso says, as he recognizes the pitch. "Bring me the fastball, buddy." Williams tries to sneak a high fastball past Alonso, but the Mets slugger is ready. He unleashes a towering home run, sending the ball deep into the night and the Mets' dugout into a frenzy. "Yes! Let's f***ing go!" Alonso shouts, celebrating the game-tying blast. The Mets' bullpen catcher joins in the jubilation, pumping his fist as the Mets have new life in the elimination game. "I told you, I told you!" a voice can be heard saying, likely referring to the pitch recognition and approach Alonso employed against the wicked changeup of Williams. The Mets' fans, represented by the lively "Jolly Giant" on a live stream, erupt in cheers, overjoyed by Alonso's heroics that have kept their team's season alive. The triumph is a testament to the Mets' resilience and Alonso's ability to rise to the occasion in the most pressure-packed moments. As the playoff race intensifies, the Mets and their passionate fanbase will undoubtedly be at the center of the action, with Alonso leading the charge in his pursuit of postseason glory.

the Brewers need three more outs to win

and Advance the Mets are down two runs

it's an elimination game oh my God the

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feeling good now watch this Devin

Williams is nasty for the Brewers this

is his fast ball that's outside Gary

kind of wanted it now this is his change

up which is his devastating pitch got so

much movement on it this is the two of

them synced up and when you don't know

what's coming that's really tough but

watch them side by side okay now watch

this

and sometimes little things tell you

what's coming look at the shape of the

glove his hand on the left side the fast

ball it's deeper in the glove on the

right side the change up his hands

further up so you can see the the hand

to the end of the glove there's more in

the fast ball the other side there's

less you could also look at glove to

chin and it's closer on one farther on

the other there's a lot of differences

and these aren't the differences the the

hitters might be seeing but these are

differences which means from their

perspective there's something they can

pick up if you still don't see it look

at that okay now you can see the red one

is higher the green one is flatter that

is enough for Big League hitters to know

what's coming and that is what's going

on here so you have this pitch to Lindor

that's a fast ball okay because you can

tell by the shape of the glove that is a

change up it was way flatter like this

this guy is so worried because his team

is about to lose oh my goodness he's so

worried if only he knew what they knew

which is that they know okay another

fast ball out of the zone and now look

at that that hands deep in the glove

that's a fast ball

two2 another one fast ball yep fouled

back Lindor staying with it okay that

hand is deep in the glove probably

another fast ball yep and that's a walk

so lindor's on he did not go nice call

Blue yeah yeah the crowd rang him up but

he didn't okay that's a change up ooh

and he was hunting the change up

swinging miss that looks like another

change up to me yes he's swinging at the

chain J up and looks like another chain

up up there hands a little higher in the

glove gloves a little farther from the

chin and that one's outside so the count

goes one and two that is a fast ball

that hand is deep in there high fast

ball tried to chase it didn't strikes

out they're dancing they're cheering

won't last long all right so this is why

it's different if you're wondering why

is this happening when he goes to the

change up he needs to wrap his hands

three hands fingers wrap his fingers

around the ball so he kind of needs room

between the ball and the glove so he's

kind of digging and wrapping which leads

to the separation you can see that

happening here where you see his hands

moving and he's digging and he's

wrapping and that ends up him closing

his hand uh because he doesn't want to

lift it up so he's changing the shape of

it and you can see him come out with the

three fingers there so that's a change

up oh he's hunting change up he's like

yes that's what I like okay the hand is

coming up the glove is getting flatter

that is another change up and he wants

that o and two he's going change up

again and his timing is perfect there

sends that one into the Outfield the

Mets got some stuff going on look at

this just sat back and got it O2 change

up and he knew it was coming and he went

and got it so now Pete Alonzo comes up

and this guy looks like he's telling a

little something looks like like that's

the change up when that something

something and Pete's like okay I got you

I got you yeah so over oh yeah okay all

right gotcha maybe that was a little tip

maybe not I'm not positive all I know is

Pete comes up and he says oh that is a

change up and he takes it he doesn't

want to hit the change up that was right

down the middle let's see Pete's getting

ready yeah bring me the fast ball buddy

oh there it is see how deep his hand is

in the glove because his there he

doesn't need to wrap his fingers around

the ball and you see how close that

glove is to his chin all the stuff I

mentioned at the beginning it's a fast

ball Pete knows it he wanted to but it's

not there he's not going to chase uhoh

getting nervous does she know that they

know that know that's another fast ball

look how deep the hand is in the glove

you can see it's it's it's there's it's

more rounded it's not as flat it's close

to his face uh that's another fast ball

but he misses again okay uh there we go

that's a change up the hand is higher in

the glove the glove is further away from

his face right there it's like below the

the the vline on his on his jersey and

Pete takes that the whole way doesn't

even really track it just kind of takes

it the whole way now it's 3-1 he's got

to be in the zone and look out that

glove is flat that hand is not buried in

the glove he's wrapping his fingers

around it it gets farther away from his

chin right there Pete says bring it on

and he lets it come to him all over it

smoke FES it bullpen catcher going nuts

Pete hits it and right away

yeah

yeah let's

fing

go oh no oh my God yes hey nice job hey

nice job to you hey hey nice job job to

you hey nice job to the three of I told

you what did I tell you I told you if he

does this then that's the change up and

you said okay okay okay and then you hit

it that was me

bam right away a polar bear scream from

The Polar Bear comes up hey oh you gotta

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Mets fan he was doing a live stream on

JM baseball the reaction is awesome I

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Mets fan I don't hate the Mets but I'm a

jolly fan so I like seeing my guy Jolly

[Applause]

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