The Baltimore Orioles went toe-to-toe with the Toronto Blue Jays (64-46) on Wednesday afternoon at Camden Yards. Each time one team landed a jab, the other responded accordingly. In the end, Toronto avoided the four-game sweep at the hands of the Orioles by winning 9-8 in front of 17,049 fans, mainly youngsters, on Summer Camp Day.
The mood at the end of the game was a bit uneasy as with about 26 hours remaining until the MLB Trade Deadline on Thursday, the fate of many current Orioles is unknown.
Antyhing You Can Do, I Can Do
Ryan O’Hearn‘s 13th homerun of the season, a two-run blast to the right field flag court, capped off a three-run first inning for the Orioles. Jackson Holliday singled to leadoff the inning and scored the first run of the game on an Adley Rutschman sacrifice fly.
Toronto answered right back with two runs in the second on a Myles Straw homerun to left center that scored Addison Barger as well.
The Blue Jays tied the game at three on a Vladimir Guerrero Jr RBI single in the fifth and the Orioles countered that run with two runs of their own in the bottom of the frame. Jordan Westburg‘s two-run homerun put Baltimore back in the lead.
The Blue Jays drew a run closer in the sixth on a Straw RBI double.
Cano Cannot
Called upon in the seventh to hold the one-run lead, Yennier Cano (1-6) did anything but. The righty faced seven batters and only recorded two outs. A Bo Bichette RBI single plated two runs. After hitting Barger with a pitch, Cano coughed up a three-run homerun to Nathan Lukes that knocked him out of the game. Cano allowed 5 runs on 4 hits and hit a batter to be tagged in the end with the loss.
The Birds Made It Interesting
Baltimore responded with three consecutive one-out singles in their half of the seventh to get one run back. Rutschman then reached on a fielding error, allowing Westburg to score a second run. O’Hearn walked to load the bases and Colton Cowser worked a walk, scoring Gunnar Henderson. The threat and rally ended on back-to-back strikeouts to Cedric Mullins and Ramon Laureano, who was pinch hitting for Dylan Carlson.
Cedric The Entertainer
Mullins, in what could be his last game as an Oriole, went 2 for 4 with a double. He did, however, give the fans another highlight reel catch in the sixth when he scaled the center field wall to rob Ali Sanchez of a would-be homerun.
A Serviceable Start
Dean Kremer started the contest and gave the Orioles 5.0 innings, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits, including the Straw homerun, with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts.
Kade Strowd seems too have recovered from hitting Toronto’s George Springer in the head on Monday as he allowed 2 hits and walked 1 across 1.1 innings.
Andrew Kittredge pitched a clean ninth but it wasn’t enough as the Orioles went three-up, three-down in their half of the ninth.
The trade watch now resumes in earnest.
2025 Record: 50-59
Next Game: Fri. 8/1 @ 3:20 pm vs. Cubs in Chicago
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