Blue Jays fall to Orioles after 11 innings

(Toronto) Cedric Mullins hit a double good for two runs in 11^{It is} five-run inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8–3 on Sunday.

Mullins also scored a point in the 10th^{It is} inning and the Orioles (31-16) clinched their fourth straight win. Austin Hays hit a single producing a run, and Terrin Vavra added two more runs at 11^{It is}while 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 in five and a third inning.

Cionel Perez, Mychal Givens, Danny Coulombe, Austin Voth and Mike Baumann exited the Orioles bullpen.

Matt Chapman homered and sacrificed fly and the Blue Jays (25-22) lost their fourth straight game. Whit Merrifield’s single in 10^{It is} the inning kept the Blue Jays alive and rookie Nathan Lukes hit his first Major League hit after eight minor league seasons.

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 replaced Gausman. Garcia conceded defeat.

A 10-game home streak at the Rogers Center promised a strong early-season test for the Blue Jays, who hosted the Atlanta Braves and division rivals the New York Yankees and Orioles.

The Blue Jays started off 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 are fifth in the American East Division and travel to Tampa Bay on Monday to face the division-leading Rays in a four-game series.