Akin Wins Consecutive Starts, Leads Orioles Past Jays 4-2

TORONTO (AP) — Keegan Akin allowed 1 tally done 5 innings and won consecutive starts for the archetypal time, Ramón Urías deed a go-ahead treble successful the sixth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles bushed the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 Tuesday night.

Akin (2-8) allowed 2 hits, walked three, and struck retired five. The second-year left-hander allowed 1 tally implicit 7 innings successful a triumph implicit the Los Angeles Angels connected Thursday for his archetypal triumph of the season.

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Danny Jansen deed solo location runs for the Blue Jays, who had their three-game triumph streak snapped.

Toronto enactment runners astatine archetypal and 2nd with 2 outs successful the seventh, but Tyler Wells came connected to regenerate Jorge López and got Guerrero to enactment retired connected the archetypal pitch.

Wells worked 1 1/3 innings and Cole Sulser finished successful the ninth for his sixth prevention successful 8 chances.

Baltimore didn’t get a deed done 5 innings against Hyun Jin Ryu, but chased him successful the sixth. The left-hander mislaid for the archetypal clip successful 7 vocation games against the Orioles.

Ryu (12-8) came successful 4-0 with a 2.95 ERA against Baltimore, including 3-0 successful 3 starts this season. He allowed 3 runs and 3 hits successful 5 2/3 innings.

Ryu walked 2 of the archetypal 4 batters helium faced, but struck retired Urías to extremity the archetypal unscathed.

That was the archetypal successful a streak of 15 consecutive outs for Ryu, who didn’t let a deed until Ryan Mountcastle doubled conscionable wrong the foul enactment successful close tract with 2 retired successful the sixth.

Hays followed with an RBI azygous up the mediate that skipped past 2nd baseman Marcus Semien. Anthony Santander walked and Urías ended Ryu’s outing with a two-run double.

Guerrero chopped it to 3-2 with a leadoff homer against López successful the sixth, his 39th of the play and 3rd successful 2 games. Baltimore restored the two-run pb successful the seventh erstwhile Jahmai Jones deed an RBI azygous disconnected Adam Cimber.

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Activated disconnected the injured database earlier the crippled aft missing much than a period due to the fact that of a strained close hamstring, Jansen connected connected the 2nd transportation helium saw from Akin successful the third. The homer was Jansen’s sixth.

JAYS CUT HAND

Before the game, struggling LHP Brad Hand was reinstated from the bereavement database and designated for assignment. Hand went 0-2 with a 7.27 ERA successful 11 games with Toronto aft being acquired from Washington connected July 29 successful speech for rookie catcher Riley Adams.

JAYS SIGN TWO

Toronto signed RHP Elvis Luciano and OF Gregory Polanco to insignificant league contracts. The Blue Jays released Luciano past week. Pittsburgh released Polanco past Saturday.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: To marque country for Jansen, Toronto optioned RHP Trent Thornton to Triple-A Buffalo.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays LHP Steven Matz (10-7, 3.81) faces Orioles RHP Matt Harvey (6-14, 6.18) successful Wednesday’s bid finale. Matz went 2-1 with a 1.30 ERA successful 5 August outings. Harvey has mislaid 4 consecutive starts.

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