Brandon Belt broke the tie with a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered for the Blue Jays (33-27), who lost a four-run lead before regrouping. The Torontonians swept the three-game series and won their fourth straight game.
“Sweeping a team is really tough, 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 the Mets’ four solo homers. Pete Alonso and Starling Marte did the same for the New Yorkers, who had just swept their six-game streak against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Nate Pearson (3-0) gave the 21e Alonso’s homer of the season, a major in the Majors, and Marte’s slap in the sixth inning before the Blue Jays regained the lead against Dominic Leone (0-2).
The 72e Alonso’s home run at Citi Field made him the stadium’s all-time home run leader.
“I guess right now we’re a club of 500,” Alonso said. It’s a very good team. We were in every one of those games. We had a chance to win them all. So it’s frustrating, but we have to come back and play our best and win games. »
Guerrero, who homered in the third inning off Kodai Senga, singled to center in the seventh. Belt followed with a home run near the Big Apple, over the center field fence.
It was Belt’s third home run of the season and his first since May 10 in Philadelphia. It was also his second home run in New York this season, following the one at Yankee Stadium on April 21.
After hitting the game-winning ninth-inning hit on Saturday when the Mets (30-30) decided against walking him, Guerrero homered for the first time since May 23 against the Toronto Rays. Tampa Bay.
Whit Merrifield slammed a two-run double over Senga. Matt Chapman doubled and scored on a wild pitch from Mets rookie catcher Francisco Alvarez.
Pham hit a four-goal run in two consecutive outings against starter Yusei Kikuchi, who allowed two runs and four hits in five innings on the mound.
Jordan Romano was perfect in 9e sleeve to record a 15e rescue on 18 occasions.
Pitching four days off for the first time in major league baseball, Senga allowed four runs, three earned, and four hits in two and two-thirds innings.
“There were a lot of times when their squad was going a lot on the slower balls,” Senga said. There were adjustments I needed to make in the game and I wasn’t able to make them. »
The Mets have totaled just 5 points in this series, returning to a tie at 500 for an 11e times this season.