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 Atlanta Braves and New York Mets provided some back-and-forth fireworks on Tuesday night at Citi Field, but any such sparks were going to be slower to follo