Pete Alonso's miscues, failure in clutch come at worst time for Mets

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MIAMI — Pete Alonso has come back from the brink before.

But this kind of night on a near must-win Game 160 looked like a return to that brink.

In the inning that very well could haunt the Mets all offseason, Alonso’s glove could not come through.

In a couple of innings in which the Mets might have been able to erase their defensive mistakes, Alonso’s bat (and others’ bats) could not come through.

Friday’s 6-2 loss to the Marlins at loanDepot Park was painful for all Mets but probably particularly painful for Alonso, who might have two games left in his Mets career.

“For now, we just got to do wh