Think pitchers aren’t athletes? Think Pete Alonso isn’t a great defensive first baseman? Then this story isn’t for you.
Alonso and David Peterson disproved both of those myths on one play Monday afternoon, as Peterson scrambled off the mound and made a Derek Jeter-esque jump throw to first that Alonso scooped out of the dirt to retire St. Louis’ Paul Goldschmidt:
Three up, three down in that first inning for Peterson in Jupiter, and Alonso had already walked, gone first-to-third on a single, and scored on an infield single in the top of the inning to give the Mets a 1-0 lead, so a good game for him too.
As for Goldschmidt?
“I’m just pissed I took that bad of a swing on 3-0,” he joked with the ESPN booth while mic’ed up in the top of the second.
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