(Toronto) Cedric Mullins hit a double good for two runs in an 11e five-run inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Sunday.
Mullins also scored a point in the 10e inning and the Orioles (31-16) earned their fourth straight win. Austin Hays hit a single producing a run, and Terrin Vavra added two more runs in 11ewhile Adley Rutschman and Anthony Santander also scored in the third.
Dean Kremer allowed nine hits and two walks but held the Blue Jays to just one run, striking out seven batters for five and a third innings.
Cionel Perez, Mychal Givens, Danny Coulombe, Austin Voth and Mike Baumann exited the Orioles bullpen.
Matt Chapman homered and sacrifice fly and the Blue Jays (25-22) lost their fourth straight game. Whit Merrifield’s single in 10e inning kept the Blue Jays alive and rookie Nathan Lukes hit his first Major League hit after eight seasons in the minor leagues.
Kevin Gausman had two runs, six hits and two walks, and struck out four batters in eight innings. Nate Pearson, Yimi Garcia and Anthony Bass relieved Gausman. Garcia conceded defeat.
A 10-game home streak at Rogers Center promised a good early-season test for the Blue Jays, who hosted the Atlanta Braves, and divisional rivals the New York Yankees and Orioles.
The Blue Jays started on a high with a three-game sweep of the Braves, but then lost three of their four games to the Yankees before the Orioles swept them in three games.
With a 4-6 record at home, the Blue Jays sit fifth in the American East Division and travel to Tampa Bay on Monday to face the division-leading Rays in a four-game series.