Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman followed up one of his best starts of the season with one of his worst.
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Game two of the series goes Saturday afternoon with J.A. Happ (13-3, 3.27) scheduled to face Yovani Gallardo (3-2, 5.37 ERA).
The Blue Jays and Orioles play for first place in the AL East. Toronto won the first two games of this three-game series to take a half-game lead over Baltimore and give the Orioles five straight losses since ending a five-game winning streak.
As noted Thursday, Baltimore has now gone under in 16 straight games.
It was the 35th time in club history the Jays hit three homers in one inning, and second time this season.
We got a bunch of runs that I obviously needed so I’m just glad the guys put some swings together today and played incredible defense.
“He didn’t have command of his cutter today”, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “He made some good pitches but not enough of them, especially against a good-hitting team”.
Anthony Rendon hit a two-run homer in the third for the Nationals, who couldn’t protect an early 3-0 lead hours after acquiring All-Star closer Mark Melancon from Pittsburgh to replace the struggling Jonathan Papelbon.
“I’m really happy I hit that number”, Encarnacion said through an interpreter after the game. Then I was able to get a double.
And Gallardo held Toronto scoreless through his first 4 1/3 innings before yielding a solo homer to second baseman Devon Travis to tie the game at 1, overcoming a 28-pitch first inning in which he stranded the bases loaded. The last time it happened was July 5, when Tulowitzki, Josh Donaldson and Ezequiel Carrera connected in the third inning off Kansas City’s Chris Young.
TIGERS 14, ASTROS 6 Tyler Collins and Justin Upton each hit a three-run home run to lead host Detroit to its fourth consecutive victory, beating Houston.
UNHAPPY WIETERS: Matt Wieters growled at home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez when he objected to a called strike in the eighth inning. They work on it. Sometimes the play, it’s tough to cover all of them. Gallardo comes off of a 3-2 win versus Colorado with both runs allowed on five hits over 6.2 innings.
“I don’t feel one hundred percent”, Estrada said.
“That back thing is still there, it’s lingering, but I feel like I can still give the team some quality innings”, Estrada said. Because the Jays had an infield shift on for Davis, Machado – who had taken off for second – noticed nobody at third, so he rounded the bag and high-tailed it for the open base. Martin stole third and scored on a wild pitch, and Seattle added a run in the ninth.
Baltimore signed former Reds RHP Logan Ondrusek and designated RHP Chaz Roe for assignment.
The Orioles will start Kevin Gausman (2-7, 3.77 ERA) on Friday. They’re also 7-3 in Estrada’s last 10 starts overall and 5-2 in his last seven home starts versus a team with a winning record.
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The Toronto Blue Jays bullpen stopped a threatening Baltimore Orioles rally to seal a late win in the battle for American League dominance. In the five starts since, he is 0-1 with 4.88 and the Orioles are 3-2.
