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09/23 15:22 CDT Alonso hits 41st homer as Orioles beat Blue Jays 4-2 to
eliminate Toronto from the playoff race
Alonso hits 41st homer as Orioles beat Blue Jays 4-2 to eliminate Toronto from
the playoff race
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Pete Alonso hit his 41st home run of the season, Chris
Bassitt took a shutout into the sixth inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the
Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday,
eliminating the defending American League champions from the postseason race.
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
RBIs ahead of Alvarez for the league lead and may be the man who spoils the
Houston slugger's pursuit of a Triple Crown.
Up next Neither team had announced a starter for the second game Wednesday night. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Up next Neither team had announced a starter for the second game Wednesday night. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
