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Jun 7, 2026; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Kazuma Okamoto (7) slides home to score a run against the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images | Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images
Orioles 4 Blue Jays 6
This had all the signs of being another one of those games.
After 5 innings, we were down 4-0. Through four innings, Kevin Gausman had allowed one base runner, then it all fell apart in the fifth. Strikeout, home run, pop out, triple, double, home run, strikeout. 13 total bases in that one inning.
We only had two hits and a walk through the first five inning.
Then, in the sixth, we scored 5 runs:
- Yohendrick Piñango homered on the second pitch of the inning. Crushed it, 108 mph and 423 feet.
- Vladmir Guerrero ground out.
- Jesús Sánchez doubled, also crushed, 109.5 mph.
- Ernie Clement reached on an error by Orioles SS Gunnar Henderson.
- Brandon Valenzuela ground out, moving Clement to second.
- Kazuma Okamoto singled, driving home Clement (also crushed, 104.4 mph).
- Andrés Giménez doubled home Okamoto.
- And Nathan Lukes ground off the pitcher, and second baseman Jackson Holliday got to the ball, but too late, then he glove flipped it to first, which gave time for Giménez to score from second.
- George Springer ground out to end the inning.
We got one more run in the 8th, Valenzuela homered (just 103 mph), but 388 feet.
We had 10 hits. Piñango, Sánchez, and Giménez had two each. All the other starter, excepting Vlad (he had the hardest hit ball, for the Jays, a line drive up the middle but caught, 109.6 mph, with a .690 expected batting average, but when you are slumping, those get caught) and Springer had one run.
There were some moments of controversy. With Clement on first, in that sixth inning, the Orioles got a ground ball hit to second, which looked like it would be a double play, but Clement ran around the second baseman and was safe. The Orioles complained that he went outside the baseline but Jackson Holliday didn’t make any movement to tag him. If he had, they might have gotten a call for leaving the baseline.
At the end of the game Holliday ground one to the pitcher, and tried to run around him on the base path. He was tagged and the umpires called him for leaving the base path. The Orioles argued, but it didn’t help them. I think the arguing was mostly to ‘ice the pitcher’ but Varland was unaffected.
The bullpen did the job:
- Adam Macko had a nice quick sixth, giving up a singled but getting two strikeouts.
- Connor Seabold had a rough start to the seventh, giving up a hit and a walk. The O’s bunted, but Valenzuela got to the ball quick and got the out at third.
- Tyler Rogers, with the Jays needing a double play, and he got it. He is a ground ball pitcher, it was a great time for him to come in. He also got the first two outs of the eighth, then gave up a walk and in came
- Louis Varland, who got the strikeout to end the inning. In the ninth, he went single, fly out, ground out, and strikeout. Save number 11 for Louis.
Vlad also used up our last challenge, in the eighth, on a ball that was easily a strike.
Jays of the Day: Rogers (0.23 WPA), Giménez (0.22, plus the dash for home), Lukes (0.16 on a 1 for 2 night), and Varland (0.13). Let’s give Valenzuela an Honorable Mention for his homer and his throw to third on the bunt attempt.
Other Award: Gausman (-0.17), Springer (-0.10 for an 0 for 4) and Vlad (-0.09)
Tomorrow the Philles are in town for the first of three. Cristopher Sánchez (7-2, 1.46 ERA) vs. Patrick Corbin (2-2, 3.98).
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