Pete Alonso pushes off free agency questions in style with monster Game 5

Any game for the remainder of the NLCS conceivably could be Pete Alonso’s final one with the Mets, but the pending free agent clearly has no intention of going quietly, if at all.

Alonso’s four runs scored Friday night were highlighted by a mammoth three-run homer in the first inning of what turned out to be a season-extending 12-6 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS.

With his future with the team uncertain with the series shifting to Los Angeles for Game 6 on Sunday, the home crowd at Citi Field chanted Alonso’s full name throughout his final at-bat in the eighth inning.

“It’s so special. It’s like storybook-type stuff. When you grow up as a kid, you dream about that type of stuff,” Alonso said. “In the moment, it’s so special but it’s difficult to take a step back and enjoy it because it’s, like, ‘OK, great,’ but we’ve got a job to do. We’ve got to finish this game out. … So you can’t get wrapped up in that.

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“It’s really special but we just have to continue staying locked in. It’s storybook-type stuff and I’m just honored and blessed.”

Just as Francisco Lindor had sparked the previous Mets victory with a leadoff homer in the first inning of Game 2, Alonso cracked a low pitch for a three-run blast over the wall in center off Dodgers righty Jack Flaherty for an early cushion.

“It’s not the first time I’ve seen that,” Brandon Nimmo said. “For the rest of us mortals, we fly out [on that low pitch]. But for him, it’s just an absolute bomb. Just normal Pete.”

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It represented an early step in the right direction for the Mets after the Dodgers had seized a 3-1 series lead with a 10-2 drubbing one night earlier.

It marked Alonso’s fourth home run of the postseason, tying Mark Vientos for the team lead, but it was his first in six appearances since Game 3 against the Phillies in the NLDS.

“Honestly, I was just looking for something over the middle of the plate. I mean, I didn’t really realize how low the pitch was,” Alonso said. “Location-wise, it was low, but it was still over the middle of the plate.

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“And I’m just really happy I could come through right there for the fellas.”

The homer also snapped a collective 0-for-17 skid by the Mets with runners in scoring position.

Alonso came into the game batting .133 (2-for-15) with no extra-base hits or RBIs in the first four games of the series. The four-time All-Star also walked and scored in a five-run third-inning rally and he came across again one inning later after he was plunked by Dodgers reliever Brent Honeywell.

With the crowd chanting his name, Alonso added a bloop single in the eighth and scored on Starling Marte’s fourth hit of the game for a 12-6 lead.

“I’m just so happy because this group is so special,” Alonso said. “And I’m happy that we get to live to fight another day and play another game of baseball together.”

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