#Why bat-snapping Pete Alonso hasn’t gotten untracked for Mets

Pete Alonso has just two hits in his past 21 plate appearances. One of them was the enormous three-run homer that tied the first game of Friday’s doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, which propelled the Mets to a comeback win.

But that success didn’t carry over into the second game, as Alonso went 0-for-3 with two more strikeouts. After the second strikeout, Alonso showed his anger by snapping his bat over his knee on his way back to the dugout.

He singled in the Mets’ 2-1 loss to the Yankees on Saturday, and before the game Luis Rojas said he isn’t concerned about Alonso’s mentality, but acknowledged his approach at the plate hasn’t been as solid as it’s been in the past.

Rojas hoped a talk Alonso had with hitting coach Chili Davis — who is working remotely this season out of COVID concerns — will help.

“I talked to Chili [Friday] night and they had a conversation about adjustments he needs to make to stay consistent,’’ Rojas said. “Sometimes you can see in the middle of an at-bat he can get a little anxious and start chasing. And his at-bat will go from a quality at-bat to a non-quality at-bat right there.”

As an example, Rojas said Alonso isn’t taking advantage of his patience early in at-bats.

“He takes pitches and all of a sudden he’s expanding [the strike zone],’’ Rojas said. “He becomes overly aggressive in a good hitter’s count. He needs to stay locked in.”

It’s an issue that wasn’t evident during Alonso’s record-setting rookie season in 2019 and it looked to be taking a toll on him on Friday.

“You can see the frustration and I know he broke his bat and some of the things we’ve seen this season,’’ Rojas said. “But he is mentally tough. … He goes very positive to his next at-bat. We’re taking some positives and some negatives out from all this.”