When he re-signed with the New York Mets last winter, Pete Alonso saw an opportunity to become the team's career leader in home runs and multihomer games. He checked one record off his list Sunday with a pair of two-run shots in a 13-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies — and the burly first baseman is closing in on the other.

Pete Alonso hit his 242nd and 243rd career home runs Sunday, moving past David Wright for second on the Mets’ all-time list.

At Pete Alonso’s current red-hot rate, Darryl Strawberry’s Mets record of 252 career home runs has approximately one month of its 35-year reign remaining. The slugging first baseman moved into sole possession of second place on the franchise’s all-time home-run list past David Wright on Sunday with a two-tater afternoon during a 13-5 demolition