Alonso’s homer gives Mets win

Hours after the Mets learned Scherzer will join deGrom on the injured list, Pete Alonso kept New York rolling with a two-run homer in the 10th inning for a 7-6 win over the Cardinals at Citi Field.

Paul Goldschmidt tied the score 5-all with two outs in the ninth off Mets closer Edwin Diaz with his fourth RBI of the game. Pujols hit a run-scoring double play grounder in the 10th of the Cardinals’ firstextra inning game this year.

With the automatic runner on second, Alonso drove the second pitch from Giovanny Gallegos (0-2) into the left field second deck for his third career game-ending home run. It was the 10th home run of the season for Alonso, who leads the major leagues with 33 RBIs.

Colin Holderman (1-0), who made his big-league debut last weekend, got his first bigleague decision as the Mets moved a season-high 12 games over .500 by winning three of four from the Cardinals.

This was the first time since 2014 that the Mets won the season series against St. Louis.

Jeff McNeil had a tie-breaking, two-run single and three

RBIs and two snazzy catches for New York.

Orioles 9, Yankees 6: Anthony Santander lined a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Lucas Luetge and host Baltimore avoided a four-game sweep. New York lost for just the second time in 11 games and is still a major-league best 28-10. The Yankees fell to 18-1 when scoring five runs or more this season.

Padres 2, Phillies 0: Yu Darvish escaped a jam and retired Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos in a key spot, pitching seven shutout innings to lead visiting San Diego over Philadelphia.

Reds 4, Guardians 2: Tyler Naquin homered in the fifth inning and scored on Kyle Farmer’s go-ahead single in the eighth, leading visiting Cincinnati to the first series sweep of its Ohio neighbors since 2014. Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez will undergo X-rays on his right shin after being injured during an at-bat.

White Sox 7, Royals 4: Luis Robert homered and drove in four runs as Chicago rallied in Kansas City to win the five-game series. Robert had a pair of RBI singles before hitting a two-run homer in the eighth. His sixth home run of the season capped Chicago’s sixth come-from-behind win.