Alonso hits 300th career homer in ninth to tie game as Orioles top Mets 7-5 in extra innings

Pete Alonso hit his 300th career home run in the ninth inning on Tuesday night at Citi Field, a solo shot off Mets right-hander Kodai Senga that tied the game 1-1 and propelled the Orioles to a 7-5 extra-inning victory. The milestone made Alonso the 171st member of the 300 home-run club, per CBS Sports. Alonso was batting with the Orioles down 1-0, bases empty, one out when he connected on a pitch that traveled 414 feet. The Citi Field crowd's reaction was raucous enough to pull Alonso out of the visitors' dugout for a curtain call, per Yahoo Sports. The victory improved the Orioles to 74-78 on the season and kept them alive in the chase for the third and final wild card spot in the American League. Alonso has appeared in all 152 games for Baltimore this season, carrying a .267/.362/.499 slash line with 36 home runs and a team-leading 101 RBIs, good for the AL lead in that category, per CBS Sports. He entered the game with 4.1 WAR. Alonso spent his entire professional career with the Mets until signing a five-year free agent contract with the Orioles before the 2026 season. The Mets and lead executive David Stearns did not push to re-sign him, per CBS Sports. He played his first game as a visitor to Citi Field on Monday, the series opener, going 0 for 3 with a walk in a 2-1 Baltimore win. The Mets had been eliminated from postseason contention prior to Tuesday's game.