Alonso, Conforto lead Mets to 7-6 win over Orioles

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit his second dramatic homer in a week Wednesday night, when his shot to center field leading off the eighth inning lifted the New York Mets to a 7-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

Alonso hit a walk-off, two-run homer to give the Mets a 9-7, 10-inning win over the New York Yankees last Thursday in the first game the Mets played following the death of franchise icon Tom Seaver.

On Wednesday, the Mets snapped a two-game skid by coming back from deficits of 5-1 and 6-3. Jeff McNeil, who had an RBI single in the second, homered for the fourth straight game when he launched a two-run shot in the fourth.

DJ Stewart answered for the Orioles by extending his home run streak to four games with a leadoff shot in the fifth.

Michael Conforto homered and Robinson Cano delivered an RBI single in the fifth, and Conforto kept the Mets within striking distance in the top of the sixth when he robbed Rio Ruiz of a likely three-RBI extra-base hit with a snow-cone catch.

Andres Gimenez homered in the bottom of the inning to tie the score before Alonso, who had two singles in his first three at-bats, homered off Hunter Harvey (0-1).

Jeurys Familia (2-0) threw the eighth inning and Edwin Diaz earned his third save.

Run-scoring singles by Renato Nunez, Ryan Mountcastle and Hanser Alberto and a two-run double by Ruiz staked the Orioles to their four-run lead. Mountcastle went 4 for 4 while Stewart was 3 for 3.

The Orioles’ Jorge Lopez gave up five runs in 4 2/3 innings. Mets right-hander Rick Porcello was charged with five runs in four innings.

PAYING TRIBUTE TO CLEMENTE

Seven players and staff members — four Orioles and three Mets — wore No. 21 in honor of Roberto Clemente Day, which was observed throughout Major League Baseball.

Lopez took the mound...

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