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Orioles’ Pete Alonso makes crushing admission after disaster vs. Blue Jays
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Pete Alonso was critical of himself following his mistakes in the Baltimore Orioles' 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night.
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Alonso is progressing through the eighth season of his career in the majors, his first with the Orioles . He embraced a change of scenery after representing the New York Mets for the last seven years, joining Baltimore this past offseason.
The Orioles are going through shaky performances to start the campaign, suffering their latest defeat to the Blue Jays . Alonso was unable to record a run in this series opener, going 1-for-4 in his at-bats. The star infielder reflected on his offensive woes after the game, per reporter Luke Jones.
"I really enjoy being in those situations, and not to come through for the team there [in the first inning], it really stinks. And then making a baserunning error like that in the eighth obviously stinks as well. Yeah, not a good one," Alonso said.
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Pete Alonso is well aware of his ability to do better at the plate, needing to ignite of stretch of games where he is racking up hits and runs for the Orioles. This latest loss to the Blue Jays is another example to why he needs to find out solutions to those recent woes.
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Toronto scored the first run of the game in the third inning before Baltimore evened things up in the following frame. It wasn't until the eighth inning when the Blue Jays scored and took the final lead of the game, holding off the Orioles in the ninth inning.
Baltimore fell to a 26-31 record on the season, holding the fourth spot in the AL East Division standings. They are above the Boston Red Sox while trailing the Blue Jays and the New York Yankees .
The Orioles look to bounce back in Game 2 of their four-game set against the Blue Jays. The contest takes place on May 29 at 7:05 p.m. ET.
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