BALTIMORE — Anthony Santander homered twice, Dean Kremer threw six innings of five-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Wednesday evening.
The Orioles prolonged their streak of collection with out being swept to 80 and maintained their two-game lead within the AL East over Tampa Bay. Toronto fell one recreation behind Seattle for the ultimate AL wild-card spot.
Ryan Mountcastle went 1 for 3 with an RBI, extending his main league-leading on-base streak to twenty-eight video games.
Kremer was anticipated to begin the collection finale on Thursday however was moved up a day to switch Jack Flaherty, who was scratched due to “general soreness,” supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned.
Kremer (12-5) was pitching on six days’ relaxation following his begin at San Diego on Aug. 16. He struck out 5 and walked none.
Relievers Jacob Webb, Yennier Cano and Shintaro Fujinami accomplished a five-hitter.
Kevin Gausman (9-8) made his fifth profession begin in opposition to the Orioles, for whom he pitched from 2013-18. He allowed two runs and 5 hits with 9 strikeouts and one stroll over six innings. Gausman took over the AL lead in strikeouts with 196.
Baltimore took a 1-0 lead within the third when Gunnar Henderson doubled, took third on a fly ball and scored on a single by Mountcastle.
Kremer retired 9 consecutive batters earlier than George Springer managed a single within the fourth.
Santander, the Orioles’ residence run chief who missed the previous three video games with a again problem, went deep to proper within the fifth to make it 2-0.
He added his twenty third homer of the season within the eighth, and the Orioles poured it on from there, scoring 4 extra runs. Mountcastle scored on a wild pitch by Trevor Richards and a throwing error by catcher Danny Jansen. Cedric Mullins added a sacrifice fly and Adley Rutschman had a two-run single.
SKIPPER IN THE CAGE
Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde took batting follow earlier than the sport. It was the primary time he swung a bat within the cage since 2006 in Lake County, Ohio. “The older you get, the bat gets way heavier,” Hyde mentioned.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: RHP Chad Green (elbow/head) threw two-thirds of an inning for Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday. Green may very well be activated subsequent week or the group may wait till rosters develop on Sept. 1 for him to make his Blue Jays debut.
Orioles: LHP Keegan Akin (decrease again discomfort) was transferred to the 60-day injured listing. … RHP Austin Voth (proper elbow discomfort) was reinstated from the 60-day IL.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: RHP José Berríos (9-8, 3.39 ERA) held the Orioles scoreless via 7 2/3 innings on June 14 at Camden Yards.
Orioles: With Flaherty’s problem inflicting a shakeup within the rotation, Hyde has nonetheless not named a starter for the ultimate recreation of the collection Thursday.
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