Game result and context
Orioles beat Mets 7-5 in 11 innings, stay 3.0 games back in wild card race
The Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Mets 7-5 in 11 innings at Citi Field. Pete Alonso tied the game with a solo homer in the ninth, and Coby Mayo won it with a homer that drove in three runs in the 11th. Baltimore improved to 74-78 and sits 3.0 games back in the wild card race, while the Mets fell to 69-82.
Final result
The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Mets 7-5 in 11 innings at Citi Field. Attendance was 28,097.
The Orioles are 74-78. The Mets are 69-82.
How the game changed
The decisive swing came in the top of the 11th. Coby Mayo homered and drove in three runs, giving Baltimore a 3-run inning that the Mets could answer with only 1 in the bottom half.
The Mets scored once in the first. Baltimore answered in the second on solo homers from Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Jeremiah Jackson. The Mets scored once in the second and again in the third on a Carson Benge solo shot to take the lead.
That lead held for a long stretch, as neither side scored from the fourth through the eighth. Pete Alonso tied the game at 3 with a solo homer in the top of the ninth. Each team scored once in the 10th before Mayo's drive settled it.
Key performances
Mayo went 2 for 5 with a run, a homer and 3 runs batted in. Encarnacion-Strand went 2 for 5 with 2 runs, a homer and a run batted in. Jackson was 1 for 4 with a homer, and Alonso was 1 for 5 with the tying homer in the ninth.
Baltimore hit 4 home runs to 1 for the Mets. Benge went 1 for 5 with 2 runs, a homer and a run batted in. Sean Manaea started for the Mets and worked 5.1 innings, striking out 6 and allowing 2 earned runs.
Season and playoff context
The Orioles are fifth in their division, 18.0 games back, and have been eliminated from the division race. They rank sixth in the wild card standings, 3.0 games back, with a wild card elimination number of 8, so each win matters over the final stretch.
The Mets are fifth in their division, 19.5 games back, and tenth in the wild card standings, 13.0 games back. They have been eliminated from both the division and wild card races.
Series context
This was the second game of a 3-game regular season series at Citi Field.