Two years ago, I wrote a story for The Post about my wife and I taking our one-year-old to an early afternoon Mets game at Citi Field.

In addition to Alonso and Baty, Francisco Alvarez added two of his own and Brandon Nimmo hit the other home run. The Mets record for home runs in a game remains eight. This article was originally published on www.si.com as Mets Hit So Many Home Runs vs. Braves They Ran Out of Fireworks at Citi Field.

The New York Mets finally snapped their losing streak on Tuesday night, and they did so in such dramatic fashion that they ran out of pyrotechnics. The Mets hit six home runs as a team in their 13-5 win over the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field in Queens,