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NL home run leader Pete Alonso makes speedy return to Mets after wrist injury

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By JERRY BEACH

NEW YORK (AP) — National League home run leader Pete Alonso returned to the lineup Sunday for the New York Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals after spending the minimum 10 days on the injured list with a left wrist bone bruise and sprain. Alonso was expected to miss three to four weeks after he was hit by a 97 mph fastball thrown by the Atlanta Braves’ Charlie Morton in the first inning on June 7. But Alonso, whose 22 homers are one fewer than major league leader Shohei Ohtani, said he thought last week he’d beat the timeline by a considerable margin. He said Sunday he felt 100 percent.

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