Pete Alonso and Sean Manaea on the Mets' series-opening win at the Diamondbacks | SNY

Pete, first of all, what do you make of what Shaman is done over the last month for you guys? I mean he's been absolutely carving. He's done a phenomenal job. I mean he's just been on a heater in the second half. He's pitching late in the ball games. Punching guys out pounding the Zone consistently, I mean he's been he's been on fire for us overall offensively. What did you like about about the group's at-bats tonight? I mean every single every single guide put up extremely high quality at-bats and that was those huge for us and that's a really good way to start. The series. I'm sure if you're aware you tied, Mike Piazza on the franchise, home run list. What does that mean to you? Yeah, yeah, people told me after the game and Mike was a childhood hero of mine. So that's, that's really special because I mean for me, he's one of those guys I looked up to growing up and it's that's really special and I'm just happy that I was able to help contribute tonight in a positive way, have good at-bats and get us on the board early there. So yeah, it's just all. Yeah, it's really, really cool. Really, really cool. You get a chance to think about what your place is in Mets, history, is that something for later in your life? It's something that I don't really like like to think of during the during the season, but a lot like those those certain moments they really set in like during the offseason. So that's when that's when I have time to like think about and reflect on some things. But yeah, those like this moment is really special but I don't think it's really going to set it until Total Seasons done for sure. Keeping your head on straight. Does that Dynamic any different this time of year this year before free agency, after six seasons? Now honestly it's really the, it's really the same because for me, I'm just, I'm just trying to help the team win every single day, and I think we have a little bit over a month of baseball left. And for me, I just, I just want to help contribute any way I can, in a positive way, so so we can help. So I can help the team win. And yeah. How much fun is this team? This team. Only special, it's just such a great group and I mean, it's, I mean, this year's been a blast. I mean, it's just been an absolute blast. And I have a really, really special, really special place for all the guys, all the guys in this Clubhouse, and my heart. And it's just, it's just it's a really fun group. It's a really fun group. Oh, you came to the playoffs into the playoffs of your round with the Padres you came so close. Do you consider it like unconsummated? Is that you need to get this done. Honestly I just I just want to control my efforts and contribute in a positive way every single day and at the end of the year, the group effort. I think that we're going to be there. I think if we continue to play good baseball like we have in the in the second half, I think we'll get there for sure. It's always, it's always great. Getting the first first one in the series and we need to need to bounce back tomorrow and and stay locked in. I mean, it's come down the home, stretch here and staying locked into super important. Sean? How would you describe the type of stretch of put together here? Now, over the last month, just feeling good with everything. Have a lot of confidence and all my pictures and attacking guys and getting ahead and finish him off. So It's it was, it was really good. No, it at the beginning of this stretch, you didn't really need to use The Change-Up that much. But Carlos Mendoza again, mentioned how that pitch was, particularly big for you tonight. What what have you done to kind of turn that pitch into such a strength over the course of the season? I mean, I feel like a lot of things that made is just based on feel and finally found a grip and like a cue that makes me feel. You know The Change-Up and to the run with it and you know, once I realized like metrically like it was good slowly but surely just begin confidence in it and you shouting just building off the last one and I feel good Wendy Max a box of the hottest offenses in big weeks but you carve through pretty easy for six Innings. What it was? There any any way to attack this team or anything like that? What was the plan and just getting ahead of guys His own and just trust myself and yeah, that's pretty much always a game plan. Feel like if I'm able to do that, throw my pitches were strikes. Usually pretty good. So obviously they're very good team. So be able to do that. Here was used to describe you. Recently is absolutely carving. Does it feel like you're absolutely? I don't know about that. I'm just feeling good and control and things like control. And, you know, get a great defense behind me and all those things and that's that's what's happening along in the fifth, you come right back out. I think it was 12 30. What is that? Like, just sort of watching that and then having to come out and after resting, for a long, long time, it's amazing. No offense, has been doing a credible job and, you know, those Innings, it's my job to stay loose and ready and God. Ringing, pretty good job of that. A sense that you're back to where you were with the A's. You know. I'm not trying to worry about the past or anything like that. Just, you know taking one step at a time and just feeling good where I'm at right now. Would you do did make adjustments this year? That has put you back into this this position. So I imagine you learned from the last couple of years. Yeah. I mean last couple years have been been tough and And a lot of lessons. But, you know, definitely one from just, like I said, making adjustments and just feeling good. Barometer the major adjustments, mechanically, just simplifying everything and, you know, getting to a point where I can repeat it consistently and just being able to attack guys on a consistent basis and that's pretty much the main thing just doing that, simplifying, everything and attacking us.