Orioles Drop Final Game of Blue Jays series (8/17/22)

The Baltimore Orioles couldn’t stop the Blue Jays offense on Wednesday.

The Orioles lost their 5 game winning streak against the Blue Jays after a good performance on Tuesday.

The Orioles starting lineup:

C. Mullins CF, 2. A. Santander DH, 3. R. Mountcastle 1B, 4. A. Hays RF, 5. R. Urias 3B, 6. R. McKenna LF, 7. R. Odor 2B, 8. J. Mateo SS, 9. R. Chirinos C

The starter for the O’s was Austin Voth (3-1, 5.34 ERA, 59 K)

The Blue Jays starting lineup:

M. Chapman 3B, 2. V. Guerrero Jr 1B, 3. L. Gurriel Jr LF, 4. A. Kirk DH, 5. T. Hernandez RF, 6. B. Bichette SS, 7. R. Tapia CF, 8. S. Espinal 2B, 9. D. Jansen C
The starter for the Blue Jays was Ross Stripling (5-3, 3.16 ERA, 67 K)

The Baltimore Orioles stave off another perfect game bid but drop series finale vs. Blue Jays

It was a pitchers duel for most of the game but that changed late.

Yimi Garcia (2.93 ERA) comes in for the Blue Jays with a runner on. Ross Stripling threw 72 pitches in his outing.

Joey Krehbiel (2.40 ERA) comes in to replace Austin Voth who threw 86 pitches for the Orioles.

Cionel Perez (1.11 ERA) comes in for the Orioles to try to get them out of a 2 runners on situation.

The Blue Jays take advantage with a George Springer single to score Teoscar Hernandez to take the first lead of the game. Santiago Espinal adds more to the run column for Toronto with a 2-RBI double.

Louis Head (6.49 ERA) comes in for the Orioles to try to close the wound.

Lourdes Gurriel drew a walk and brought in a run to advance the lead to 4-0. Alejandro Kirk then hit a double to score 2 more runs to make it 6-0 before the Orioles got out of the inning.

Zach Pop (2.92 ERA) comes in for Toronto.

The Orioles get a run back with a Robinson Chirinos single to score Terrin Vavra, 6-1 Blue Jays.

Logan Gillespie (4.09 ERA) comes in for the O’s in the 8th.

David Phelps (2.53 ERA) comes in for Toronto to finish the game.

The Baltimore Orioles travel home to Camden Yards tomorrow Thursday, August 18th for a one game series against the Chicago Cubs. The game starts at 3:05 PM EST.