MLB

Toronto Blue Jays at New York Mets

· Major League Baseball
Toronto Blue Jays
33-27, 18-17 Away
Final
6 - 4
New York Mets
30-30, 15-12 Home

Belt hits tiebreaking homer in 7th, Blue Jays sweep Mets 6-4

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep for the Blue Jays, who blew a four-run lead but quickly recovered. Toronto has won four straight and six of seven after completing its fourth sweep this season and the first in franchise history against the Mets.

“Sweeping a team is really hard no matter where you are or who it is,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “I thought it was really a complete team effort over the weekend.”

Tommy Pham hit two of New York’s four solo homers, his ninth career multi-homer game and first since April 2019 with Tampa Bay. Pete Alonso and Starling Marte also connected for the Mets (30-30), who completed a 3-3 homestand that started with a three-game sweep of Philadelphia.

“I guess as of right now we’re a .500 ballclub,” Alonso said. “They’re a really good team over there. We were in every single one of these games. We had a chance to win all of them. So it’s frustrating, but we've got to come back and play our best and win ballgames.”

Nate Pearson (3-0) gave up Alonso’s major league-leading 21st homer and Marte’s tying drive in the sixth before Toronto regained the lead against Dominic Leone (0-2). Alonso’s 72nd homer at Citi Field made him the career leader at the ballpark.

Guerrero, who homered in the third off Kodai Senga, ripped a single to center field in the seventh. Belt followed by hitting a slider off the protective wall surrounding the home run apple in center.

“I saw it hit off something, but I wasn’t really sure what it was,” Belt said. “I knew once I saw it hit off the black part it was a home run.”

It was Belt’s third homer and first since May 10 at Philadelphia. It also was his second in New York this season — the veteran first baseman went deep April 21 at Yankee Stadium.

Belt’s drive came after he struck out in his first three at-bats. He is hitting .347 (25 for 72) over his last 25 games.

“Huge home run. But his at-bats this weekend, just really lately it’s been really consistent,” Schneider said.

After getting the go-ahead hit in the ninth inning Saturday against David Robertson when the Mets chose not to walk him, Guerrero homered for the first time since hitting a grand slam in the ninth at Tampa Bay on May 23.

Whit Merrifield hit an early two-run double off an ineffective Senga. Matt Chapman doubled and scored on a two-base throwing error by rookie catcher Francisco Álvarez.

Pham homered in consecutive at-bats off starter Yusei Kikuchi, who allowed two runs and four hits in five innings.

Jordan Romano tossed a 1-2-3 ninth for his 15th save in 18 opportunities.

Pitching on four days’ rest for the first time in the majors, Senga gave up four runs — three earned — and four hits in a career-low 2 2/3 innings.

“There were a lot of times where their lineup would take a lot of the off-speed offerings,” Senga said through a translator. “There were adjustments that I needed to make in game and I wasn’t able to do that.”

The Mets totaled just five runs in the series and fell back to .500 for the 11th time. New York also lost for the seventh time in 12 games since winning five straight May 17-22.

KING OF QUEENS

Alonso snapped a tie with former Mets first baseman Lucas Duda for the most homers at Citi Field, which opened in 2009.

“I didn’t know that,” Alonso said. “That’s sick. Awesome. Great. Hopefully I hit more of them here.”

It was Alonso's 289th regular-season game at the ballpark. Duda, who was with the Mets from 2010-17, played 388 games there.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: INF Santiago Espinal (right hamstring) went 1 for 3 in his fourth rehab game with Class A Dunedin.

Mets: C Omar Narváez (strained left calf) played consecutive rehab games for Triple-A Syracuse and could be activated Tuesday when first eligible. … LHP José Quintana (fractured left rib) will throw batting practice Monday at the team’s complex in Florida. ... RHP Elieser Hernández (right shoulder strain) pitched 1 1/3 innings during his fourth rehab appearance for Class A St. Lucie.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays: RHP Alek Manoah (1-6, 5.46 ERA) opposes Houston RHP Brandon Bielak (2-2, 3.19) in the opener of a four-game series Monday at home.

Mets: RHP Carlos Carrasco (2-2, 5.74 ERA) faces Braves RHP Bryce Elder (3-0, 1.92) in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday in Atlanta.

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Matchup Prediction

Mets: 55.5%
Blue Jays: 44.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning McNeil lined out to right.
9th Inning Marte struck out looking.
9th Inning Escobar grounded out to second.
9th Inning Romano relieved Swanson
9th Inning Belt struck out swinging.
9th Inning Guerrero Jr. grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 6
11 Strikeouts 11
5 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 7
2 Stolen Bases 0
6 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
6 Runs 4
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
34 At Bats 33
2 Home Runs 4
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
11 Runners Left On Base 6
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 1
14 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
162 Pitches 129
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
15 Total Bases 20
40 Plate Appearances 34
324.0 Projected Home Runs 648.0
4 Extra Base Hits 5
5.6 Runs Created 4.7
.206 Batting Average .212
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.441 Slugging Percentage .606
.471 Secondary Average .424
.325 On Base Percentage .235
.766 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .841
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
5.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.7
41.0 Batter Rating 37.0
17.0 At Bats Per Home Run 8.3
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.05 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.79
.235 Isolated Power .394
0.55 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.09
.150 Walks Per Plate Appearance .029
.265 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .212
11.0 Runs Produced 8.0
0.8 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
84.5 MLB Rating 85.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Citi Field

Location: Queens, New York
Attendance: 42,169 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 - -
Toronto 0 0 .000 - -
New York 0 0 .000 - -
Boston 0 0 .000 - -
Baltimore 0 0 .000 - -

2024 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Miami 0 0 .000 - -
Philadelphia 0 0 .000 - -
New York 0 0 .000 - -
Washington 0 0 .000 - -
Atlanta 0 0 .000 - -
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