New York’s slugging first baseman hadn’t hit a home run on a changeup since June—until he delivered in the exact right moment to take down the Brewers.

The origin of the purported rally gourd goes like this, according to Alonso: A week ago Thursday, when the Mets had an impromptu day off in Milwaukee after escaping rainy Atlanta, he and his wife, Haley, went to a farm in Wisconsin. He bought a pumpkin.

Pete Alonso hammered a historic go-ahead, three-run home run in the ninth inning to power the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in their winner-take-all Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series.