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09/11 21:13 CDT Beavers hits leadoff homer, Mayo also connects as Orioles beat
Blue Jays 7-4
Beavers hits leadoff homer, Mayo also connects as Orioles beat Blue Jays 7-4
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Dylan Beavers hit his first career leadoff home run, Coby Mayo
added a solo blast and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 on
Friday night in the opener of a series between AL wild-card contenders.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand had three hits and Beavers had three RBIs as the
Orioles won for the third time in four games after losing the previous six.
Baltimore is 3-7 in September.
Toronto rookie Brett Bateman had three hits, including his first career home
run, a two-run blast off Alex Hoppe in the ninth.
Rico Garcia retired Alejandro Kirk on a fielder's choice to end it for his
eighth save in 14 chances.
The Blue Jays came in one game behind Cleveland for the final wild-card spot.
Baltimore entered three games back.
Chris Bassitt (7-5) struck out five in five-plus innings to beat his former
team. Bassitt allowed two runs and six hits.
Beavers homered on Max Scherzer's second pitch of the game, his seventh.
Scherzer (2-8) allowed six runs and a season-high seven hits in five innings.
The Orioles got six consecutive hits off Scherzer to begin the second inning.
Heston Kjerstad drove in a run with a bases-loaded single, Colton Cowser
followed with a two-run double and Beavers capped the five-run outburst with a
two-run single.
Toronto's Kazuma Okamoto hit a solo home run off Bassitt in the fourth, his
31st.
Andrs Gimnez made it 6-2 with an RBI groundout in the sixth. Mayo answered
with a homer off Braydon Fisher in the seventh, his 23rd.
The Orioles have hit multiple home runs in five straight at Toronto, a streak
that began Sept. 14, 2025.
Up next RHP Kyle Bradish (7-13, 3.91 ERA) was scheduled to start for the Orioles on Saturday. Toronto had not named a starter, but RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-9, 5.12) was expected to feature. __ See AP's full MLB coverage here |
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