The Baltimore Orioles went north of the border last night for the second and final time this year. Trevor Rogers got the start, and was semi-effective – while in the game. Rogers’ line: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 6 K.
Samuel Basallo led off the third with a double, and would later score on Jackson Holliday’s RBI-single. This gave the O’s a 1-0 lead, and the Birds appeared to be cooking. However Toronto pitching held them off the board the rest of the way.
Rogers recorded two quick outs in the fifth before issuing a walk. Nothing good ever happens after a walk of course, and Guerrero followed with a single to Colton Cowser in center. The ball got by Cowser, allowing the runner to score and tie the game,
However Rogers left the game after completing that fifth inning with the game tied. We later found out that he had toe discomfort – a blister under the toenail, Given all the other injuries this year, you hear that and you think to yourself, because of course he had something like that!
Toronto would take the lead in the sixth in Rogers’ absence on a run-scoring double by Straw. One inning later Clements’ RBI-single extended the lead to 3-1. Before the game ended Toronto would push it to a 6-1 final with three in the last of the eighth.
The series continues this afternoon at Rogers Centre. Tomoyuki Sugano gets the start for the O’s, and he’ll be opposed by Toronto’s Max Scherzer. Game time is set for just after 3 PM.
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