Pete Alonso kept the power coming in Queens, and the Orioles kept the series rolling.
One night after his 300th career home run and two nights after an emotional return to Citi Field, Alonso launched another one Wednesday to help Baltimore finish off a three-game sweep of the Mets with a 7-1 win. The Orioles hit four homers in all and stayed in the hunt for the third American League Wild Card berth, even if the path ahead is steep.
Baltimore is now 75-78, sitting 2 1/2 games behind the White Sox, who are 77-75, for that final spot. The Orioles also have to climb past the Blue Jays, who are 76-77, and the Rangers, who were 75-76 entering Wednesday.
Alonso has been the engine for this push. His milestone homer Tuesday tied the game in the ninth inning and helped set up Baltimore’s 7-5, 11-inning comeback. On Wednesday, he gave the Orioles an immediate spark, driving a Statcast-projected 410-foot shot into the second deck in left field off right-hander Xzavion Curry to put Baltimore ahead 1-0 in the top of the first.
Curry surrendered all four Orioles home runs. Jeremiah Jackson followed with a two-run homer in the second, Christian Encarnacion-Strand added another two-run blast in the third, and Samuel Basallo went deep on the very next pitch after Encarnacion-Strand’s homer.
Jackson has been starting the last two games in place of Jackson Holliday, who was placed on the 10-day injured list before Wednesday’s finale with left wrist inflammation. The 26-year-old Jackson had not homered for the Orioles since June 14 until he connected on Tuesday.
Alonso, Jackson and Encarnacion-Strand each homered in both of the final two games in New York. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time the same three Baltimore hitters homered in consecutive games since Aug. 18 and 19, 2016, when Chris Davis, Manny Machado and Mark Trumbo did it.
The Orioles also got a strong outing from Chris Bassitt, who handled the Mets with one of his sharpest performances of the season. The 37-year-old right-hander matched his season high with 6 2/3 innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk while striking out six over 95 pitches.
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