The Mets took advantage in a five-run third inning, rapping out four hits and drawing two free passes on their way to an 8-1 lead. Citi Field, which has had precious little to roar about in this series, delighted in the drubbing.

Pete Alonso isn’t focusing on the future. Although Friday night’s NLCS Game 5 against the Dodgers could be the impending free agent’s final game at Citi Field as a member of the Mets, Alonso said

Pete Alonso gently carries the small pumpkin he picked in Milwaukee with him to Citi Field every day. He doesn’t want to leave it overnight in his locker, because he doesn’t want anything to happen to it. When he travels, it doesn’t go in his checked luggage “because it could be destroyed,” he said earnestly earlier this week.