Toronto Blue JaysvsBaltimore Orioles
TOR 5/BAL 6
Things to say
Orioles edged the Blue Jays 6-5 at Camden Yards on Saturday.
01
Birds took it 6-5, came down to the last at-bat. Toronto had the tying run on and just couldn't push him across. Camden was rocking.
02
key player
Baltimore's bats finally showed up in the heart of the order — that's what wins you a one-run game.
03
hot take
Toronto's manager went to the pen way too early. You've got a starter cruising, let him work the seventh.
04
deep cut
Both teams are under .500 and this still felt like a playoff atmosphere. AL East baby, doesn't matter the record.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if the Jays can bounce back tomorrow — getaway day, short bullpen, could get ugly.
The recap
Orioles edged the Jays 6-5 at Camden in a back-and-forth that came down to the last at-bat. Toronto's starter cruised early but the manager went to the pen a hair too early, and Baltimore's heart of the order made him pay.
Nobody really left the yard in storybook fashion, this was small-ball and timely hits, the kind of getaway-day win that keeps a sub-.500 club hanging around. Jays drop to 29-30, O's claw up to 27-32 and feeling a little less buried.