Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles
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Pete Alonso homers twice to reach 40 on the season, helps Orioles rally to 4-3 win over Blue Jays
The Orioles are on the verge of elimination in the American League wild-card race, but Alonso has been terrific in his first season with the team. He has 40 home runs — the fourth time he's reached that mark in a season — and he's opened a nine-RBI lead on Triple Crown hopeful Yordan Alvarez of Houston.
In fact, Alonso might be the one who ends up leading the AL in homers and RBI. He's one home run behind Tampa Bay slugger Junior Caminero.
The Blue Jays brought in submarine right-hander Tyler Rogers (2-3) to face Alonso, who became just the second right-handed hitter to homer off him over the last two seasons.
Yennier Cano (4-3) won in relief for the Orioles, and Rico Garcia worked a perfect ninth for his 10th save.
Nathan Lukes and George Springer hit RBI singles during Toronto's three-run first inning, but the Blue Jays fell 3 1/2 games behind the idle Chicago White Sox for the final wild card in the AL.
Trey Yesavage returned to the mound for the Blue Jays after knee inflammation sent him to the injured list in early August. He pitched only two innings, allowing a home run to Alonso in the first.
Gunnar Henderson homered in the sixth for the Orioles and finished a double shy of the cycle.
After the start was delayed 47 minutes because of rain, the first four Toronto batters reached base. Shane Baz was called for a pitch-clock violation with the count full to Brett Bateman. Then he issued another walk to Alejandro Kirk on a debatable checked-swing call.
Lukes and Springer followed with hits to make it 2-0. A sacrifice fly by Sean Keys brought home another run.
Baz held Toronto scoreless after that and made it through 6 2/3 innings.
Bateman left the game with a hip injury after making a sliding catch in center field in the second. X-rays were negative.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Smith flied out to left. |
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9th Inning | Okamoto struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Keys struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Garcia relieved Cano |
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9th Inning | Jackson at second base. |
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9th Inning | Franklin in center field. |
Statistics
 TOR |
 BAL |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 12 | Ground Balls | 3 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 10 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 4 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 6 | Hits | 6 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 3 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 4 |
| 2 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 30 | At Bats | 29 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 3 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 11 | Runners Left On Base | 8 |
| 0 | Triples | 1 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 0 |
| 14 | Fly Balls | 16 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 127 | Pitches | 123 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 6 | Total Bases | 17 |
| 34 | Plate Appearances | 31 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 486.0 |
| 0 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 1.0 | Runs Created | 4.3 |
| .200 | Batting Average | .207 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .200 | Slugging Percentage | .586 |
| .100 | Secondary Average | .448 |
| .265 | On Base Percentage | .258 |
| .465 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .844 |
| 0.9 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.2 |
| 1.0 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.8 |
| 18.0 | Batter Rating | 33.5 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 9.7 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.74 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.97 |
| .000 | Isolated Power | .379 |
| 0.60 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.20 |
| .088 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .065 |
| -.100 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .241 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 8.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.2 |
| 70.8 | MLB Rating | 82.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 12,067 | Capacity:
2026 American League East Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tampa Bay |
- | 64 | L1 | 0.60493827 | 98 |
 New York |
4.5 | 68 | W1 | 0.57763976 | 93 |
 Boston |
11 | 75 | L1 | 0.537037 | 87 |
| Baltimore |
18.5 | 82 | L1 | 0.49068323 | 79 |
| Toronto |
19 | 83 | W1 | 0.48765433 | 79 |