New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso avoided ending his streak of consecutive games played on Sunday. Alonso entered the team's clash with the Cincinnati Reds in the seventh inning after he was initially out of the starting lineup with a hand injury (h/t Will Sammon of The Athletic).

Pete Alonso didn’t start Sunday for the first time in more than a year because of a bruised right hand, but the New York Mets’ All-Star first baseman extended his team-record streak for consecutive ga

New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was held out of the starting lineup Sunday against the visiting Cincinnati Reds due to a right-hand contusion.

Carlos Mendoza watched the pitch clock tick down. The New York Mets trailed by three in the bottom of the ninth, but Juan Soto at the plate represented the tying run. Cincinnati Reds’ catcher Tyler Stephenson called for a mound visit,