NEW YORK — Brandon Belt broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. additionally went deep for the Blue Jays, who blew a four-run lead however shortly recovered. Toronto has gained 4 straight and 6 of seven after finishing its fourth sweep this season and the primary in franchise historical past towards the Mets.

“Sweeping a team is really hard no matter where you are or who it is,” Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider stated. “I thought it was really a complete team effort over the weekend.”

Tommy Pham hit two of New York’s 4 solo homers, his ninth profession multi-homer sport and first since April 2019 with Tampa Bay. Pete Alonso and Starling Marte additionally related for the Mets (30-30), who accomplished a 3-3 homestand that began with a three-game sweep of Philadelphia.

“I guess as of right now we’re a .500 ballclub,” Alonso stated. “They’re a really good team over there. We were in every single one of these games. We had a chance to win all of them. So it’s frustrating, but we’ve got to come back and play our best and win ballgames.”

Nate Pearson (3-0) gave up Alonso’s main league-leading twenty first homer and Marte’s tying drive within the sixth earlier than Toronto regained the lead towards Dominic Leone (0-2). Alonso’s 72nd homer at Citi Field made him the profession chief on the ballpark.

PHOTOS: Belt hits tiebreaking homer in seventh, Blue Jays sweep Mets 6-4

Guerrero, who homered within the third off Kodai Senga, ripped a single to heart area within the seventh. Belt adopted by hitting a slider off the protecting wall surrounding the house run apple in heart.

“I saw it hit off something, but I wasn’t really sure what it was,” Belt stated. “I knew once I saw it hit off the black part it was a home run.”

It was Belt’s third homer and first since May 10 at Philadelphia. It additionally was his second in New York this season - the veteran first baseman went deep April 21 at Yankee Stadium.

Belt’s drive got here after he struck out in his first three at-bats. He is hitting .347 (25 for 72) over his final 25 video games.

“Huge home run. But his at-bats this weekend, just really lately it’s been really consistent,” Schneider stated.

After getting the go-ahead hit within the ninth inning Saturday towards David Robertson when the Mets selected to not stroll him, Guerrero homered for the primary time since hitting a grand slam within the ninth at Tampa Bay on May 23.

Whit Merrifield hit an early two-run double off an ineffective Senga. Matt Chapman doubled and scored on a two-base throwing error by rookie catcher Francisco Álvarez.

Pham homered in consecutive at-bats off starter Yusei Kikuchi, who allowed two runs and 4 hits in 5 innings.

Jordan Romano tossed a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifteenth save in 18 alternatives.

Pitching on 4 days’ relaxation for the primary time within the majors, Senga gave up 4 runs - three earned - and 4 hits in a career-low 2 2/3 innings.

“There were a lot of times where their lineup would take a lot of the off-speed offerings,” Senga stated by a translator. “There were adjustments that I needed to make in game and I wasn’t able to do that.”

The Mets totaled simply 5 runs within the collection and fell again to .500 for the eleventh time. New York additionally misplaced for the seventh time in 12 video games since profitable 5 straight May 17-22.

KING OF QUEENS

Alonso snapped a tie with former Mets first baseman Lucas Duda for essentially the most homers at Citi Field, which opened in 2009.

“I didn’t know that,” Alonso stated. “That’s sick. Awesome. Great. Hopefully I hit more of them here.”

It was Alonso’s 289th regular-season sport on the ballpark. Duda, who was with the Mets from 2010-17, performed 388 video games there.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: INF Santiago Espinal (proper hamstring) went 1 for 3 in his fourth rehab sport with Class A Dunedin.

Mets: C Omar Narváez (strained left calf) performed consecutive rehab video games for Triple-A Syracuse and could possibly be activated Tuesday when first eligible. … LHP José Quintana (fractured left rib) will throw batting observe Monday on the staff’s complicated in Florida. … RHP Elieser Hernández (proper shoulder pressure) pitched 1 1/3 innings throughout his fourth rehab look for Class A St. Lucie.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays: RHP Alek Manoah (1-6, 5.46 ERA) opposes Houston RHP Brandon Bielak (2-2, 3.19) within the opener of a four-game collection Monday at residence.

Mets: RHP Carlos Carrasco (2-2, 5.74 ERA) faces Braves RHP Bryce Elder (3-0, 1.92) within the opener of a three-game collection Tuesday in Atlanta.

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