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The Baltimore Orioles erased a late deficit, watched Pete Alonso make history against his former team, and then got one of the wildest extra-inning finishes of the season in a 7-5 win over the Mets in 11 innings. With the Orioles down to their final three outs in the ninth, Alonso crushed a 2-0 forkball from Kodai Senga for his 300th career home run—a game-tying blast at Citi Field against the franchise where he built his legacy. The Mets crowd still gave their former star a curtain call after the milestone shot. Then came the extra-inning chaos. In the top of the 11th, Coby Mayo turned on an 0-2 cutter and sent it deep to center for a three-run inside-the-park homer, putting Baltimore ahead for good and turning a memorable night into a massive Orioles win. It was Mayo’s seventh three-run homer of the season, second-most in MLB. But this victory also came with a major concern: Shane Baz was forced from the game in the fifth inning after taking a 105 MPH Bo Bichette line drive off h...

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