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Alonso Hits 300th Career Homer Against Former Team as Orioles Top Mets
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In Short: Pete Alonso achieved a milestone with his 300th career home run against his former team, the Mets, as the Baltimore Orioles secured a 7-5 victory in extra innings.
Pete Alonso hit his 300th career home run against his former team, the Mets, in a memorable return to Citi Field. The Orioles, trailing 1-0 in the ninth, saw Alonso step up and tie the game with a game-tying shot that brought cheers from the Mets' fans, who now seem more partial to the franchise's all-time home run leader.
The Orioles went on to win the game 7-5 in extra innings, with Coby Mayo's inside-the-park homer in the 11th inning sealing the victory. The win keeps the Orioles alive in the chase for the third and final wild card spot in the American League, now just three games behind Cleveland.
Alonso's performance was part of a night where the Orioles' lineup was particularly potent, with Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Jeremiah Jackson also going deep. The Orioles' win nudges their record to 74-78, while the Mets, eliminated from postseason contention, saw their president of baseball operations, David Stearns, targeted by fans chanting 'Fire Stearns' during Alonso's curtain call.
The Orioles' RHP Chris Bassitt (7-5, 4.88 ERA) will start Wednesday's series finale against Mets RHP Robert Stock (1-3, 5.93), setting the stage for another exciting matchup in the ongoing interleague series.
What's confirmed
- Pete Alonso hit his 300th career home run against his former team, the Mets, in a memorable return to Citi Field. The Orioles, trailing 1-0 in the ninth, saw Alonso step up and tie the game with a game-tying shot that brought cheers from the Mets' fans, who now seem more partial to the franchise's all-time home run leader.
- The Orioles went on to win the game 7-5 in extra innings, with Coby Mayo's inside-the-park homer in the 11th inning sealing the victory. The win keeps the Orioles alive in the chase for the third and final wild card spot in the American League, now just three games behind Cleveland.
- Alonso's performance was part of a night where the Orioles' lineup was particularly potent, with Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Jeremiah Jackson also going deep. The Orioles' win nudges their record to 74-78, while the Mets, eliminated from postseason contention, saw their president of baseball operations, David Stearns, targeted by fans chanting 'Fire Stearns' during Alonso's curtain call.
- The Orioles' RHP Chris Bassitt (7-5, 4.88 ERA) will start Wednesday's series finale against Mets RHP Robert Stock (1-3, 5.93), setting the stage for another exciting matchup in the ongoing interleague series.
What's still developing
- Alonso took the first two out of the zone, and the third one he launched 414 feet for career home run No. 300.
- "There's a lot of history here with me, and honestly, it doesn't matter where and when. I just want to help the team win," Alonso said after the game (via MLB.com).
- Sean Manaea, who started the game for the Mets, criticized Mets fans who gave Alonso a standing ovation after his benchmark home run.
- Alonso, who spent his entire professional career with the Mets until this season, played for the first time as a visitor at Citi Field in Queens on Monday with the opener of the interleague series.
- Right-hander Kodai Senga threw Alonso three straight offspeed pitches.