Blue Jays Hit Five Homers, Pound Orioles 22-7

BALTIMORE (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Teoscar Hernández each deed a expansive slam, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. slugged his 44th homer, and the Toronto Blue Jays overpowered the Baltimore Orioles 22-7 Sunday, finishing 2 runs shy of the franchise record.

Guerrero’s thrust tied him with Angels two-way prima Shohei Ohtani for the large league lead. Jake Lamb besides homered during a 10-run 3rd inning for the Blue Jays, who took 3 of the 4 successful the series.

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Gurriel acceptable the franchise grounds with his 4th expansive slam of the play and besides had a two-run homer successful the 5th to thrust successful 7 runs. Danny Jansen had 4 hits, including 3 doubles, and 4 RBIs.

The nine grounds for runs was acceptable successful a 24-10 thrashing of the Orioles connected June 26, 1978, a crippled successful which John Mayberry deed the Jays’ lone 2 homers and had 7 RBIs aft coming disconnected the bench.

Toronto had 19 hits and improved to 80-63 aft starting the time tied with the Yankees for the 2nd AL chaotic paper down Boston.

Ryan Mountcastle deed his 28th homer, equaling the Orioles rookie grounds acceptable by Cal Ripken Jr. successful 1982.

Anthony Santander homered for the 3rd clip successful 4 games and Austin Wynns had a solo changeable successful the seventh and finished with 3 RBIs for Baltimore.

Blue Jays left-hander Steven Matz (12-7) allowed 5 runs and six hits with six strikeouts and 2 walks implicit six innings.

Orioles rookie left-hander Zac Lowther (0-2) was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk connected Sept. 6 to instrumentality a spot successful the rotation. Lowther loaded the bases connected a azygous and 2 walks successful the first. He past deed Hernández for the Blue Jays’ archetypal run. Gurriel followed with the expansive slam and Toronto led 5-0.

Guerrero pushed the pb to 6-0 with a solo changeable successful the second.

The Orioles pulled wrong 6-3 successful the bottommost fractional connected a fielder’s prime by Kelvin Gutierrez and a two-run azygous by Wynns.

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The Blue Jays pulled distant successful the 3rd against Spenser Watkins with a two-run treble by Jansen, a azygous by Breyvic Valera and a solo homer by Lamb.

Hernandez enactment the crippled further retired of scope with the expansive slam.

It was the archetypal clip the Blue Jays person deed 2 expansive slams successful a game.

Mike Baumann entered and allowed a two-run treble to Valera.

TRAINING ROOM

Blue Jays: DH George Springer was held retired of the lineup 1 time aft hitting a two-run homer that gave Toronto an 11-10 triumph successful the archetypal crippled of a doubleheader. Springer missed 3 games aft fouling a shot disconnected his genu successful Monday’s 8-0 triumph implicit the Yankees.

Orioles: RHP Matt Harvey (right genu inflammation) was transferred to the 60-day IL. Harvey finished the play 6-14 with a 6.27 ERA implicit 28 starts. He is simply a escaped cause aft the season.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays: RHP Alek Manoah (5-2, 3.71 ERA) is starting the bid opener Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Orioles: LHP Alexander Wells (1-2, 7.15 ERA) volition commencement Tuesday against the New York Yankees.

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