In a Mets lineup that has flailed, no one has had bigger issues making contact than Nimmo. In 23 games since July 12, Nimmo has struck out 34 times — his 33.3 percent rate the seventh highest in baseball in the span entering Monday — during a kind of funk that Nimmo has dealt with in the past.

Brandon Nimmo has been with Pete Alonso from the start. It was fitting, then, that Nimmo was on first base when Alonso set the Mets’ all-time home run record.

In the New York Mets' triumphant showdown against the Atlanta Braves, Brandon Nimmo took center stage to express his admiration for Pete Alonso's remarkable achievement.