Francisco Alvarez hit a solo home run with one out in the ninth inning to give the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.
had an RBI single as the Mets moved within 1 1/2 games of idle Atlanta for last the National League wild card.The slumping Alvarez, who began the night batting .167 since the All-Star break, drove a 3-0 fastball from Seranthony Domínguez to left-center for his first career game-ending RBI.
It was the first homer in 16 games since July 26 for the 22-year-old catcher, who admired his 421-foot drive, then shouted and gestured emphatically toward the New York dugout. After circling the bases, Alvarez tossed his batting helmet high in the air as he approached his excited teammates waiting to swarm him at home plate., who reached on a leadoff double, and Urías slammed the next pitch 432 feet to center field, tying it at 3.
Hands on hips, a frustrated Peterson stared toward the sky as Urías rounded the bases. The left-hander finished with eight strikeouts, equaling his season best, in a season-high seven innings. His errant pickoff attempt led to Baltimore's first run in the fifth when Jackson Holliday's groundout scored Urías, who doubled., who made his major league debut for Miami at Citi Field in August 2020, allowed three runs over 4 2/3 innings in his 10th career start against the Mets.
The left-hander is 0-2 with a 7.11 ERA in four outings for Baltimore since being acquired from the Marlins at the July 30 trade deadline.combined to retire all 10 batters they faced in relief of Rogers, striking out eight. Alvarez's homer was New York's first hit since the fourth.singled in the first and Martinez drove the next pitch the other way to right-center, giving him 36 homers and 98 RBIs in 103 career games against Baltimore.
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