Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles

· Doubleheader - Game 1 - Makeup from Sep 22

Toronto Blue Jays

77-81, 37-43 Away

Final
2 - 4

Baltimore Orioles

77-81, 38-42 Home

Alonso hits 41st homer as Orioles beat Blue Jays 4-2 to eliminate Toronto from the playoff race

Pete Alonso hits 41st HR off his former teammate Max Scherzer

The Orioles and Blue Jays both entered this twin bill one loss from elimination. The best the Blue Jays (77-81) can do now is finish .500 — a season after they pushed the Los Angeles Dodgers to extra innings in Game 7 of the World Series.

Max Scherzer (3-9) allowed four runs and four hits in five innings in the 500th appearance — and 491st start — of his career. He struck out seven and walked three. With his future uncertain, the 42-year-old right-hander could come back on short rest to pitch again Sunday in the season finale.

The 37-year-old Bassitt (9-5) allowed two runs and seven hits in five-plus innings. He was pulled with two on in the sixth and both runners scored on second baseman Jeremiah Jackson's throwing error.

Andrew Kittredge pitched the ninth for his 11th save.

Scherzer struck out three in the first, but Jackson hit an RBI single in the second for the Orioles. With men on first and third and two out, Jackson took off for second, then stopped and got in a rundown. Colton Cowser was slow leaving third, but the Blue Jays kept going after Jackson, allowing Cowser to score.

Alonso's two-run shot in the fifth pulled him even for the AL lead in homers with Houston's Yordan Alvarez and Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero. Alonso is eight RBI ahead of Alvarez for the league lead and may be the man who spoils the Houston slugger's pursuit of a Triple Crown.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lukes struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Valenzuela to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Clement flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Kirk popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Kirk hit for Straw
	9th Inning	Valenzuela singled to right.

Statistics

TOR		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
4	Strikeouts	10
0	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
4	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	1
136	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	8
37	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
3.2	Runs Created	1.9
.250	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.361	Slugging Percentage	.276
.139	Secondary Average	.207
.270	On Base Percentage	.273
.631	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.549
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.1
21.0	Batter Rating	22.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.18
.111	Isolated Power	.103
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
-.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.034
2.0	Runs Produced	7.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
75.5	MLB Rating	71.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 10,562 | 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

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