After his third at-bat Thursday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets rookie Pete Alonso decided to change his appearance, shaving his mustache during the game.
He struck out twice and reached on a throwing error before deciding to make a switch at Citi Field.
“I had very terrible at-bats before,” Alonso said. “And so I’m like, all right, mustache needs to go. Simple as that.”
Pete Alonso shaved his mustache mid-game. pic.twitter.com/BDZsPneTP0
— SNY (@SNYtv) September 12, 2019
After changing his look, Alonso struck out for the third time in the sixth and grounded out in the eighth.
Alonso hit his major league-leading 46th and 47th homers Monday and ended Thursday hitless in his past 13 at-bats.
The first baseman said it was not the first time he shaved in the middle of a game, noting: “Oh, yeah, baseball players are very superstitious.”
The Mets set a team record for homers in a home game by going deep six times Thursday, routing Arizona 11-1 to complete a four-game sweep. New York won for the ninth time in 13 games and is two games back of Milwaukee and Chicago for the second National League wild-card spot.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.