NEW YORK -- The Mets' Big 3 just put on their first big show at Citi Field.
Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto all homered in the same game for the first time as Mets teammates on Sunday -- in front of a sellout crowd of 43,224. The superstar trio led New York to a 5-3 win and sweep of the Rockies that has the Mets back in first place in the National League East as they head into a four-game showdown against the Dodgers in Los Angeles beginning Monday night.
"There's three really good hitters at the top [of our lineup], and it's fun to see them going deep in the same game," Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. "We envisioned that. When you've got those three at the top, it's pretty special."
Alonso, Lindor and Soto accounted for all the Mets' runs in the series finale. Alonso now has 12 home runs this season; Lindor has 13; Soto has 10. It was only a matter of time before their power came on all at once.
"We'll get hot, and it's gonna be exciting when that happens," Alonso said.
Alonso went deep first, clubbing a go-ahead three-run homer to the opposite field in the fourth inning to put the Mets on the board. Lindor was next with a tie-breaking shot to left in the bottom of the fifth, after the Rockies had rallied to even the score.
Soto put a bow on the game with a solo blast to right-center to give the Mets an insurance run in the eighth.
"There's gonna be a time when they're all clicking and it's going to be crazy to watch," said Clay Holmes, who pitched a career-high seven innings to earn the win Sunday. "Especially as pitchers, if we just keep giving them a chance, they're going to carry things for a little bit. So it was nice to see them all come together in one game and do that."
Alonso's home run moved him into sole possession of fourth place on the Mets' all-time RBI leaderboard with 632. He broke a tie with Howard Johnson and trails only David Wright (970), Darryl Strawberry (733) and Mike Piazza (655).
"This franchise has been around for a long time," Alonso said. "There's been a ton of great players that have come through here, so that's really special."
Lindor leads the Mets in home runs, and 11 of his 13 homers have come at home. Lindor is batting .355 and slugging .653 with a 1.064 OPS in 31 games at Citi Field this season.
Lindor's homer was the 261st of his career. He now has the fourth-most home runs all-time by a career primary shortstop (minimum 60% starts at the position), passing Derek Jeter. Only Cal Ripken Jr. (431), Miguel Tejada (307) and Hanley Ramirez (271) are ahead of him.
And when Lindor homers, the Mets win. The Mets have won 26 games in a row -- 28 if you count the 2024 postseason -- when Lindor has homered.
Asked what that stat means to him, Lindor quipped: "That I better continue hitting home runs."
"At the end of the day, it's an overall win, it's not [just] me," Lindor said. "And I'm not superstitious, so I don't believe in, 'Every time I hit a home run, we've got to win.'"
Soto homered for a second straight game to reach double-digit home runs on the year. It was a picturesque swing, with Soto going down to one knee -- à la Adrian Beltré -- to launch a 110 mph rocket over the fence.
"Just like a 2-iron out to right-center," Alonso said.
"The one-knee thing, I never think about it," Soto said. "It just happens."
Alonso and Lindor have now homered in the same game 28 times with the Mets, passing HoJo and Strawberry to set a franchise record for any Mets duo, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. And now you add a heating-up Soto into the mix? Look out.
"Everybody knows that we have a good lineup," Lindor said. "In baseball, it's tough for everybody to click at the same time. The beauty of it is, even when we haven't all clicked at the same time, we have won games."
Behind Alonso, Lindor and Soto, the Mets finished off a 7-2 homestand and moved to 37-22. New York retook sole possession of the division lead from the Phillies and reached a season-high 15 games over .500.
"It's not only about us three," Soto said. "It's all about the whole team. When everybody comes through, the dugout is always happy."