BALTIMORE — José Berríos took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, George Springer homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 3-1 Wednesday evening to finish the Orioles’ five-game successful streak.

Berríos allowed solely two runners to achieve by way of six innings - on a stroll and a success batter - earlier than Adley Rutschman led off the seventh with a mushy liner that dropped properly in entrance of middle fielder Kevin Kiermaier.

That ended his bid to develop into solely the second Blue Jay to throw a no-hitter, a feat carried out by Dave Stieb on Sept. 2, 1990.

“That’s baseball,” Berríos stated.

Baltimore added a pair of singles off Berríos within the eighth earlier than Tim Mayza retired Gunnar Henderson on a grounder to maintain the rating 3-0.

Berríos (7-4) went 7 2/3 innings, permitting three hits, putting out 5 and strolling one. The 29-year-old righty improved to 10-0 lifetime towards the Orioles.

PHOTOS: José Berríos takes no-hitter into seventh, Blue Jays beat Orioles 3-1

“Basically he had everything working against obviously a really good lineup,” Toronto supervisor John Schneider stated. “He was phenomenal tonight.”

Jordan Romano gave up three straight two-out singles in ninth, the final an RBI hit by Aaron Hicks, earlier than putting out Adam Frazier to earn his nineteenth save.

Berríos outpitched Orioles starter Kyle Bradish (2-3), who had a shutout going till Springer hit a solo shot within the sixth.

“Old-fashioned pitcher’s duel,” Schneider stated.

Toronto padded the lead towards the Baltimore bullpen within the eighth with RBI doubles from Whit Merrifield and Bo Bichette.

Berríos retired the primary 13 batters he confronted earlier than issuing a stroll to Austin Hays within the fifth. In the sixth, Berríos struck out the facet round hitting Ramón Urías with a pitch.

At that time, a no-hitter appeared like a risk.

“You look at it in the sixth, he’s making good plays and making good pitches, executing really really well against a good lineup, you see the results and the pitch count where it was, you kind of say, ‘Let me stand where I’ve been standing the first five or six innings,’” Schneider stated.

Everyone within the Toronto dugout knew Berríos wanted 9 outs to finish the no-hitter, and nobody stated a factor.

“We don’t talk about it at all,” stated Berríos, who wanted no reminder about what was occurring.

“I know in the sixth I have a no-hitter and my pitch count was low, so I don’t think they’re going to take me out,” he stated.

Toronto improved to 1-4 towards the Orioles this season.

Baltimore’s five-game successful streak included an 11-6 rout of the Blue Jays on Tuesday evening. The Orioles had a season-high 17 hits in that recreation.

In this one, they acquired all six of their hits within the ultimate three innings.

“We had a tough time with Berríos,” Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde stated. “I thought he was absolutely excellent. We were making quick outs and he was filling up the strike zone with all his pitches and moving the ball in and out. Fastball had a ton of life. He was tough to hit.”

ROSTER MOVE

The Orioles recalled INF Joey Ortiz from Triple-A Norfolk and designated C Mark Kolozsvary for project.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: Placed RH Austin Voth on the 15-day injured checklist with proper elbow discomfort. Hyde stated Voth felt some ache in spring coaching and “tried to manage it,” nevertheless it in the end impacted his efficiency. “Last couple of outings have been difficult for him,” Hyde stated. “It’s been bothering him, so the right thing to do is let it rest for a little while.” Voth (1-2, 4.94 ERA in 23 video games) gave up two runs and retired just one batter Tuesday evening. The Orioles chosen the contract of RH Reed Garrett to fill the roster void. … RH Mychal Givens (shoulder irritation) started his rehabilitation project Wednesday, throwing 1 1/3 innings for Double-A Bowie towards Richmond. He allowed two hits and a run.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays: LH Yusei Kikuchi (6-2, 4.34 ERA) begins within the collection finale Thursday. Kikuchi took the loss in a May 19 matchup towards Baltimore and owns a lifetime 6.29 ERA in 9 profession video games versus the Orioles.

Orioles: RH Tyler Wells (5-2, 3.24) seeks to win his third straight begin after beating San Francisco and Kansas City.

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