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Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by AdpathwayBALTIMORE — The Mets staged a mini version of the All-Star game in the eighth inning on Tuesday before their snubbed right fielder later helped finish the job.
Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso, both of whom will represent the Mets next week at the Midsummer Classic, resurrected the Mets by each hitting a two-run homer in the eighth.
Juan Soto (so far an All-Star snub) stroked a go-ahead single in the 10th in a 7-6 comeback victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards.
The third Mets player headed to Atlanta for the All-Star game, Edwin Díaz, worked a scoreless ninth before Huascar Brazobán got the final three outs for the save.
The Mets won for the fifth time in six games, regaining momentum after losing the Subway Series finale on Sunday.
Soto’s RBI single in the 10th against Yennier Cano brought in Lindor, the automatic runner. Brazobán followed with a perfect inning, with the automatic runner remaining stranded at second.
Clay Holmes’ night collapsed in the sixth when he faced five batters, didn’t record an out, and surrendered four earned runs to place the Mets in a 5-2 hole.
Overall, the right-hander allowed five earned runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and one walk over five-plus innings. It was a fifth straight start in which Holmes failed to complete six innings.
Holmes walked Cedric Mullins in the third and it cost him: Jackson Holliday delivered a two-out RBI single for the game’s first run after Mullins had advanced to second on a groundout.
Soto’s single in the fourth gave the Mets an opportunity with one out, but Alonso hit a grounder to first base that became a 3-6-1 double play.
The Mets’ only hit before the fourth was Brett Baty’s two-out single in the third.
Brandon Young threw an immaculate fifth inning, recording three strikeouts on nine pitches.
Jesse Winker, Jeff McNeil and Luis Torrens were the footnotes to Orioles history. Kevin Gausman was the previous Orioles pitcher to record an immaculate inning, in 2018.
But the Mets showed life against Young in the sixth.
Ronny Mauricio homered leading off the inning and Baty and Brandon Nimmo delivered successive doubles (the latter of which gave the Mets a 2-1 lead).
Lefty Gregory Soto entered to retire Juan Soto and intentionally walked Alonso before retiring pinch hitter Mark Vientos for the third out.
Holmes’ downfall began when he plunked Holliday leading off the bottom of the inning.
Jordan Westburg and Gunnar Henderson each singled to load the bases and following a visit by pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, the right-hander surrendered a two-run double to Ryan O’Hearn.
Holmes was allowed to face right-handed hitting Ramón Laureano and allowed a two-run single that gave the Orioles a 5-2 lead.
Richard Lovelady recorded two outs before Laureano was picked off third base by Torrens to end the inning.
Holliday launched a solo homer against Alex Carrillo in the seventh that extended the Orioles lead to 6-2. Carrillo, in his MLB debut — he spent the past four seasons pitching in independent leagues — surrendered one earned run over 1 ¹/₃ innings.
Lindor smashed a two-run homer in the eighth that pulled the Mets to within 6-4.
Nimmo singled to begin the inning before Lindor jumped on a 97 mph fastball from Bryan Baker and cleared the center field fence for his 19th homer this season.
Soto singled before Alonso went deep for his 21st homer this season to tie it 6-6. The blast gave Alonso 75 RBIs this season.
Reed Garrett navigated the eighth by getting Tyler O’Neill to hit into an inning-ending double play after O’Hearn walked leading off the inning.
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Colton Cowser singled in the inning to put the go-ahead run at second base.