Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles

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Toronto Blue Jays

51-58, 25-30 Away

Final
2 - 6

Baltimore Orioles

64-44, 33-25 Home

Corbin Burnes pitches first-place Orioles past depleted Blue Jays 6-2

Baltimore built a 4-0 lead in the third inning and improved to 6-6 since the All-Star break to remain atop the AL East.

Burnes gave up two runs and four hits with seven strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings. Although the Orioles Zach Eflin and Trevor Rogers before the trade deadline, Burnes (11-4, 2.47 ERA) remains the unquestioned ace of the staff.

“So consistent. He's so hard to hit because the ball moves so much, upper 90s with a great curveball and changeup,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “That's pretty much what he's done almost every single time out for us. He's a horse and he's the No. 1.”

The four-time All-Star and 2021 Cy Young Award winner has gone at least six innings in 17 straight starts, allowed three runs or fewer in 21 of 22 outings and is on course for his fourth straight season with at least 200 strikeouts.

While the Orioles over the past week sought to upgrade their roster for a playoff run, the last-place Blue Jays made deals with the future in mind. After unloading infielder Justin Turner and reliever Yusei Kikuchi on Monday, Toronto dealt reliever Trevor Richards, infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa and outfielder Kevin Kiermaier hours before the trade deadline Tuesday.

Starting pitcher Chris Bassitt (8-10) gave up five runs and nine hits in four innings, including a solo homer to Urías and a two-run single to Ryan O'Hearn in a three-run third.

Urías singled in a run in the fourth and Santander hit his 31st home run in the fifth off Brendon Little for a 6-1 lead.

Santander's drive bounced off the top of the seating area for groundskeepers, eluding an awkward attempt by right fielder Addison Barger to snag the hit.

“It’s a funky wall out there. We’ve seen that a little bit with other guys too," Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. "Maybe lost track of where he was a little bit, and Santander likes hitting homers against us.”

Santander has 19 career home runs against Toronto, the most against any team.

Toronto finished with five hits, four of them singles.

MOVES THAT AREN'T TRADES

Blue Jays: Selected the contract of INF Luis De Los Santos from Triple-A Buffalo, recalled RHP Yariel Rodríguez from Buffalo and optioned RHP Jake Bloss to Buffalo. OF Joey Loperfido, obtained in the deal that sent Kikuchi to Houston, reported and was in uniform.

Orioles: Recalled C Blake Hunt from Triple-A Norfolk, selected the contract of INF Terrin Vevra from Norfolk and designated RHP Cole Irvin for assignment.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Toronto C Alejandro Kirk left with a bruised elbow.

Grayson Rodriguez (12-4, 3.82 ERA) makes his 20th start of the season Wednesday in the series finale. Toronto manager John Schneider did not name his starter.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 68.8%

Blue Jays: 31.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Berroa struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Jimenez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Barger flied out to second.
	9th Inning	Domínguez relieved Cano
	8th Inning	Rutschman lined out to second.
	8th Inning	Cowser flied out to left.

Statistics

TOR		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
8	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	2
130	Pitches	168
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	18
36	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.8	Runs Created	6.6
.167	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.545
.167	Secondary Average	.333
.278	On Base Percentage	.421
.478	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.967
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.1
16.0	Batter Rating	44.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.33
3.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.42
.033	Isolated Power	.212
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
67.0	MLB Rating	94.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0