TORONTO – Alejandro Kirk’s sacrifice fly within the ninth inning accomplished one more Blue Jays comeback as Toronto surprised the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 on Saturday.
The Blue Jays scored three within the ninth inning for his or her forty fifth comeback win of the season, probably the most in Major League Baseball.
Addison Barger led off the fifth with a house run as Toronto (85-63) prolonged its win streak to a few video games. Kirk and fellow pinch-hitter Joey Loperfido had RBI singles within the eighth and ninth innings respectively to maintain the Blue Jays inside a run.
Light-hitting Andres Gimenez singled to attain Ernie Clement and tie the sport 4-4, organising Kirk’s heroics.
Gunnar Henderson had an RBI double after which Tyler O’Neill, from Maple Ridge, B.C., hit right into a fielder’s selection to attain one other run for Baltimore (70-78) within the first. Samuel Bassalo doubled in one other run within the eighth and Coby Mayo added a solo homer within the high of the ninth.
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Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano allowed one run on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts over six innings. Relievers Rico Garcia, Kade Strowd, Keegan Akin and Yennier Cano adopted hello to the mound.
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Max Scherzer went 5 innings for the Blue Jays, giving up two runs on 4 hits, placing out 5.
Tommy Nance, Eric Lauer, Seranthony Dominguez and Braydon Fisher adopted Scherzer to the mound. Fisher picked up the win to enhance to 6-0.
Takeaways
Orioles: Sugano has struggled this season, getting into Saturday’s sport with a 4.51 earned-run common. He was the mannequin of effectivity in opposition to Toronto, nonetheless, solely throwing 63 pitches. Baltimore supervisor Tony Mansolino made the stunning determination to drag him after six innings when the Orioles have a deliberate bullpen day on Sunday.
Blue Jays: A day after Toronto’s hitters seemed sharp in a 6-1 victory, their offence sputtered. They had 12 hitters come to the plate for the primary 4 innings, solely getting traction within the fifth when Barger hit his twentieth house run of the season.
Key second
After Gimenez’s RBI single within the ninth, George Springer drew a stroll to load the bases with one out. Kirk related on a 95.5 m.p.h. sinker, the second pitch he noticed from Cano, popping 321 ft out to centre discipline and giving Loperfido time to attain from third.
Key stat
Scherzer, a surefire Hall of Famer, has allowed seven earned runs within the first inning of his final three begins for a 21.00 earned-run common.
Up subsequent
Shane Bieber (2-1) get the beginning for Toronto within the sequence finale with Baltimore.
It’s anticipated the Orioles may have a bullpen day.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Sept. 13, 2025.
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