Chris McMonigle says Pete Alonso has been “brutally bad” at the plate of late, so much so that the argument could be made that he should be benched.

Pete Alonso discusses the Mets' offense, tripping over his bat while running to first and looking ahead to Game 3 of the Wild Card Series

I don’t really want to think about that at all,' Alonso said after Game 2. 'I want to think about winning the game tomorrow.'

While shortstop Francisco Lindor essentially carried the New York Mets to their wild-card playoff series at the Milwaukee Brewers with a back that won't be fully healthy until the offseason, All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso has largely gone missing at the plate when the Mets have needed him the most.

The New York Mets are one game from elimination after the Milwaukee Brewers staged a late rally in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card series on Wednesday. A Garrett Mitchell home run in the bottom of the eighth inning gave Milwaukee a 5-3 win and forced a decisive Game 3 on Thursday.

The Mets had already knocked in a run in the first inning on Wednesday night against the Brewers and were primed for more. But Pete Alonso killed a rally with a bizarre double play where he barely got halfway down the first-base line because of his own bat in Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series at American Family Field.