Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays wiped out a five-run deficit with late-game offense to stun the host Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday.
Charles McAdoo homered in his major league debut and Kazuma Okamoto also went deep during the comeback by the Blue Jays, who have won eight of their past 10 games.
Toronto reliever Mason Fluharty (3-0) threw 1 1/3 hitless innings. Braydon Fisher handled the ninth inning to notch his first career save, pitching around a two-out error.
Jackson Holliday, Pete Alonso and Samuel Basallo hit two-out solo home runs for the Orioles, who have lost back-to-back games to Toronto since a three-game sweep of the American League-best Tampa Bay Rays.
Baltimore’s Trevor Rogers pitched into the seventh inning in a bid to win for the first time in eight starts. Rogers, who went 0-6 in his previous seven assignments, worked six shutout frames before yielding two-run homers to Okamoto and McAdoo in the seventh without recording another out.
Rogers wound up charged with four runs on six hits and a walk in six-plus innings. He struck out three.
Yennier Cano (1-2) took the loss after he gave up two runs in the eighth while recording just one out.
Daulton Varsho and Guerrero each had two hits for Toronto. Basallo and Holliday countered with two hits apiece for Baltimore.
The Blue Jays went with Adam Macko, who made his first career start, in an opener’s role. He gave up three hits but no runs in 1 2/3 innings. Austin Voth was charged with five runs on five hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings.
The Orioles posted two runs in the third inning. After a single and two walks, Adley Rutschman drew a bases-loaded walk, and Basallo followed two batters later with a sacrifice fly.
Holliday’s second home run of the season — both coming during the current homestand — pushed the lead to 3-0 in the fourth.
Alonso and Basallo went deep back-to-back in the fifth.
–Field Level Media
