(New York) Brandon Belt broke the tie with a two-run home run in the seventh inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored for the Blue Jays (33-27), who blew a four-run lead before regrouping. The Torontonians swept the three-game series to win their fourth consecutive game.
Tommy Pham hit two of the Mets’ four solo home runs. Pete Alonso and Starling Marte did the same for the New Yorkers, who had just snapped their six-game streak against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Nate Pearson (3-0) scored 21It is Alonso’s homer of the season, a major in the Majors, and Mars’ sixth-inning slap before the Blue Jays regained the lead off Dominic Leone (0–2).
the 72It is Alonso’s home run at Citi Field made him the stadium’s all-time leader.
Guerrero, who scored in the third inning against Kodai Senga, scored to center in the seventh. Belt followed with a long ball close to the Big Apple, over the center field fence.
It was Belt’s third home run of the season and first since May 10 in Philadelphia. It was also his second long ball in New York this season, following the one at Yankee Stadium on April 21.
After hitting the eventual game-winner in the ninth inning on Saturday when the Mets (30-30) decided not to take him for a walk, Guerrero scored for the first time since May 23 against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Whit Merrifield hit a two-run double over Senga. Matt Chapman doubled and scored on a wild field by Mets rookie receiver Francisco Alvarez.
Pham went on a four-goal run in two straight off starter Yusei Kikuchi, who allowed two runs and four hits in five innings on the mound.
Jordan Romano was perfect in the ninth inning to record a 15It is ransom on 18 occasions.
Pitching four days off for the first time in Major League Baseball, Senga allowed four runs, three of which were earned, and four hits in two innings and two-thirds.
The Mets have only five points this series, moving back to a . 500 tie for an 11It is times this season.
