Cedric Mullins and Ryan McKenna homered off Robbie Ray and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Blue Jays 6-3 on Friday night to quit Toronto’s season-high successful drag at eight.
Anthony Santander also had a 3-speed shot within the seventh inning off Julian Merryweather (0-1) that traveled 423 feet and gave Baltimore the decisive lead.
The Orioles have won five video games in September, one bigger than they won in August.
“For the final two weeks, now we were playing greater baseball, being aggressive, being competitive,” Santander mentioned through an interpreter. “We’re aiming to invent the season stable.”
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It changed into an all-spherical tricky night for Ray, who obtained into an alternate with Orioles manager Brandon Hyde within the 2nd inning. Hyde yelled at Ray at some stage in an at-bat by Richie Martin. After Martin struck out, Ray motioned for Hyde to return out of the dugout, but the direct did now not escalate any additional.
“I’m now not going to shatter my time with somebody that doesn’t fetch within the box,” Ray mentioned. “I invent now not have the time of day.”
Hyde changed into contrite after the game and apologized to Ray and the Blue Jays
“I wish that I had dealt with it differently than I did,” Hyde mentioned.
Ray, who changed into the American League Player of the Week, allowed three runs and a season-high eight hits and eight strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings. It changed into his shortest day outing since June 18 against Baltimore.
“I felt unquestionably factual coming into this recreation,” Ray mentioned. “The ball changed into coming out unquestionably effectively. They correct battled.”
In the sixth, Orioles reliever Fernando Abad perceived to throw his shoulder into Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who changed into about to fetch on throwing errors by Jahmai Jones and Kelvin Gutierrez that decrease Baltimore’s lead to 3-2. Marcus Semien adopted with a double that tied the game.
“I changed into having a bump into on the ball for the relay, after which I leer Gurriel on the bottom,” Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo mentioned. “So I did now not even leer the design in which it came about.”
Conner Greene (1-0) obtained his first occupation capture by throwing 1 2/3 scoreless innings and Cole Sulser picked up his seventh keep,
Ryan McKenna also homered for Baltimore and Austin Hays tripled, extending his occupation-long hitting drag to 16 video games.
Mullins had his eighth leadoff home speed of the season, the 2nd-most in franchise history within the encourage of Brady Anderson, who had 12 in 1996.
Rookie Chris Ellis made his fourth birth with the Orioles and had one other efficient day outing. He allowed one speed and five hits with four strikeouts over five innings.
“We did different unquestionably factual things and it changed into a factual capture,” Hyde mentioned.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: George Springer (left knee contusion) changed into encourage within the lineup Friday. He has been out since fouling a ball off his knee within the eighth inning of Monday’s 8-0 capture over the Yankees.… INF Cavan Biggio (encourage) and INF Santiago Espinal (hip) is now not going to rejoin the Blue Jays this weekend in Baltimore. “We’ll leer how they feel subsequent week,” Montoyo mentioned. … RHP Ross Stripling (oblique stress) changed into activated from the IL and Kevin Smith changed into optioned to Triple-A Buffalo.
Orioles: RHP Matt Harvey (factual knee irritation) has been shut down for the relief of the season. “He’s been an wonderful crew guy and frail presence within the clubhouse and I correct cherish how he went about his industry for us,” Hyde mentioned. … RHP Jorge López (factual ankle sprain) has also been dominated out for the final month.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: LHP Hyun Jin Ryu (13-8, 3.77) will pitch the 2nd recreation of a doubleheader. Toronto has now not named a starter for the fundamental recreation. “Now we must compose a transfer for that,” Montoyo. “I have an conception of who it’s going to be.”
Orioles: LHP Keegan Akin will pitch one in every of the video games of the doubleheader. Manager Brandon Hyde will wait except morning to state the varied starter.
