The New York Mets overcame a four-run deficit Wednesday night, when Pete Alonso capped the comeback with the tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning of a 7-6 win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles.
The win salvaged a split of the two-game series for the Mets (20-24). The Orioles (20-22) had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Jeff McNeil had three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the fourth for the Mets. Michael Conforto hit a solo homer in the fifth and Robinson Cano added an RBI single later in the inning before Andres Gimenez tied the score with a homer in the sixth.
Hunter Harvey (0-1) gave up Alonso's homer leading off the eighth.
Alonso finished 3-for-4 while Dominic Smith added two hits.
Jeurys Familia (2-0) tossed a scoreless eighth inning. Edwin Diaz allowed one hit while earning his third save.
Ryan Mountcastle was 4-for-4 with an RBI single for the Orioles while DJ Stewart homered and finished 3-for-3. Rio Ruiz had a two-run double and Renato Nunez and Hanser Alberto each had an RBI single.
The Orioles turned four singles into a 2-0 lead in the first, when Nunez and Mountcastle each had RBI hits. The Mets cut the gap in half in the second, when Smith doubled and scored on McNeil's one-out single.
The Orioles collected four straight one-out hits in the third, when Stewart and Mountcastle singled and scored on Ruiz's double before Ruiz came home on Alberto's single.
McNeil hit a two-run homer in the fourth but Stewart greeted Chasen Shreve with a homer leading off the fifth.
Orioles starter Jorge Lopez gave up five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings. Mets starter Rick Porcello allowed five runs on 10 hits and no walks while striking out three over four innings.
--Field Level Media
Baltimore | NY Mets | |
Jorge Lopez | Player | Rick Porcello |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
4.2 | IP | 4.0 |
6 | Strikeouts | 3 |
6 | Hits | 10 |
9.64 | ERA | 11.25 |
Baltimore | NY Mets | |
Ryan Mountcastle | Player | Pete Alonso |
4 | Hits | 3 |
1 | RBI | 1 |
0 | HR | 1 |
4 | TB | 6 |
1.000 | Avg | .750 |