With that home run, Alonso now sits just one shy of Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record of 252. It took Strawberry, who ...

Alonso, starting at designated hitter for the 59th time in his career, hit a 388-foot blast to left-center in the bottom half against Slade Cecconi.

The lefty, just about fully built up in his fifth start off the injured list, needed just 57 pitches to slice through the Cleveland lineup in five two-hit innings.