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Alonso

Alonso drove in the Orioles’ only run of the day with a single in the fifth inning. He’s now reached the 100-RBI plateau five times in his career. Thanks to his recent surge, Alonso leads the AL in RBI, which is exactly what the Orioles were hoping for when they signed him to a five-year, $155 million contract this past offseason.

Alonso hit a two-run homer off Paul Sewald in the seventh. He’s one homer away from 300 for his career and one RBI away from 100 this season.

Alonso has 34 homers and is now just three RBI away from reaching 100 for the fifth time in his career. He’s also two homers away from No. 300 for his career.

Alonso was removed for pinch-runner Jackson Holliday, but it sounds like it was more precautionary than anything else. Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said that Alonso was “fine” in the dugout, so he should be back in the lineup ASAP.

Orioles manager Craig Albernaz pretty much dismissed the notion that Alonso, who went 4-for-4 with his 31st homer of the season, was removed from Tuesday’s blowout win due to a minor calf issue. However, the fact that he’s at DH the following day seems to give those concerns some validity. It doesn’t appear to be a significant concern, but he dealt with a similar issue a couple weeks ago. It’s a variable that fantasy managers should continue monitoring for the remainder of the week.

Alonso made an early departure from Tuesday’s one-sided blowout against the Cardinals after going 4-for-4 with his 31st home run of the season. It didn’t seem like a big deal at the time with Baltimore leading by nearly two touchdowns, but it sounds like he could be dealing with a minor physical issue. It’s a situation that fantasy managers should monitor heading into the final two games of the club’s current series in St. Louis.

Alonso collected four hits for the first time as an Oriole and the 10th time in his career. His homer, projected at 435 feet, was a three-run blast off Matthew Liberatore. It was his 31st of the season and 295th of his career. He’s now tied with another Orioles first baseman, Chris Davis (as well as José Ramírez) for 174th place on the all-time list.

There was no replay needed for this one, as Alonso’s 451-foot homer in the fifth inning made its way to deep left-center to put the Orioles up 5-3 over the Rays. It was the 30th homer of the season for Alonso, who has now slugged 30-plus homers in six straight seasons. The Polar Bear has been on a tear for the O’s this month. He’s hit safely in 13-straight games and is slashing a blistering .380/.443/.704 with seven homers and 16 RBI.

Alonso’s homer was an opposite-field shot off Will Warren that extended his hitting streak to 11 games. He arguably should’ve had a second in the seventh inning, but the umpires ruled it foul on a questionable call. It would’ve been a go-ahead homer in a game the Orioles went on to lose. The slugging first baseman has been red-hot lately as he entered Wednesday hitting .373 in August.

Alonso took former Orioles reliever Tyler Wells deep for a fifth-inning solo shot. The power-hitting 31-year-old has gone deep five times in his last eight games as he continues to inch closer to eclipsing the 30-homer mark for the sixth consecutive season.