, who was trying to close out a third consecutive scoreless inning.Baltimore's Chris Davis homered against Jordan Romano in the 12th, but the Blue Jays tied it in the bottom half on Jonathan Davis' sacrifice fly.Toronto scored twice in the ninth against Shawn Armstrong, tying it at 9. Cavan Biggio hit a sacrifice fly and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in pinch-runner Alford with an RBI single, sending it to extra innings.Jason Adam (3-0) worked one inning for the win.Austin Hays homered twice and drove in five runs for Baltimore, who also got homers from Jonathan Villar and Rio Ruiz.Davis has 21 career homers in 69 games at Rogers Centre, his highest total at any road ballpark.The Orioles have homered in 17 consecutive games. It's the second-longest active streak in the majors, according to .Each team used 10 pitchers.Hays hit a three-run shot in the third and went back-to-back with Villar in the fifth for the first multihomer game of his career. Hays also made a fine catch in center field and threw out a runner on the bases.Last week in Baltimore, Hays climbed the wall in center to take a home run away from Guerrero.Toronto's Randal Grichuk hit a three-run shot in the first before Brandon Drury and Jonathan Davis went back-to-back in the second, putting the Blue Jays up 5-0. All three homers came off Chandler Shepherd.The Blue Jays have hit 14 sets of back-to-back home runs, a team record. Toronto's next highest total was 11 in 1999.Ruiz gave Baltimore a 7-6 lead with his two-run drive off Justin Shafer in the fifth, but Biggio tied it with a two-out drive in the seventh.The Orioles reclaimed the lead with a two-run eighth against Derek Law. Stevie Wilkerson hit a two-out triple, Chance Sisco walked and Villar and Hays each hit RBI singles.Making his fourth career appearance and second start, Shepherd allowed six runs and six hits in three innings.Blue Jays right-hander Clay Buchholz allowed six runs and six hits, including three home runs, in four-plus innings.Buchholz is 0-2 with a 10.19 ERA in four September outings, including two against the Orioles.TRAINER'S ROOMBlue Jays: SS Bo Bichette (concussion) missed his fourth straight game. Bichette left last Thursday's game at Baltimore after being hit on the helmet by a pitch. ... OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (illness) was scratched from the starting lineup and replaced by Jonathan Davis.UP NEXTOrioles: RHP Dylan Bundy (6-14, 4.89 ERA) has won just once in his past 10 starts but is 1-0 with a 2.12 ERA in three starts against Toronto this season.Blue Jays: LHP Anthony Kay (1-0, 5.79 ERA) pitched four innings of relief to beat Baltimore on Sept. 19 for his first major league win.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
O's head to Toronto seeking revengeFLMThe Baltimore Orioles will have revenge on their minds Monday night when they open a three-game series at Toronto, to face a Blue Jays team who swept three games from them last week.The Orioles (51-105) bounced back from the sweep to complete their home schedule Sunday afternoon with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners in the rubber match of a three-game series.The Blue Jays (63-93) return home after a 4-2 road trip that ended with an 8-3 loss to the New York Yankees -- their second straight loss after starting the trip 4-0.Former Yankees outfielder Billy McKinney hit two home runs -- his 10th and 11th -- for the Blue Jays on Sunday. He is the 13th Blue Jay to hit 10 or more home runs this season to match the major league record set by the Yankees earlier this year.McKinney's homers gave the Blue Jays a major league record with six rookies with 10 or more homers, as well."It's cool to see and it's kind of a promising look to the future for us," McKinney told reporters after the game.Right-hander Chandler Shepherd (0-0, 4.91 ERA) will pitch the opening game Monday in his second career start -- and his second start against the Blue Jays, who will start right-hander Clay Buchholz (1-5, 6.48).Shepherd allowed three runs on four hits in four innings against the Blue Jays last Tuesday. He struck out four and walked one in his third major league appearance but did not factor into the decision. The Blue Jays scored four runs in the ninth to win 8-5."I thought I threw some good pitches," Shepherd told reporters after the game. "I made a couple of mistakes. They took advantage of it. I was excited to get out there and get that first start under my belt." "I thought Shep did a nice job," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde agreed. "He just made a couple of bad pitches for a couple of homers. But for a guy making his first major league start, I thought he threw strikes and got ahead of hitters. It took a little while to find his breaking ball. But he did a nice job for four innings and you'll see him back out there." Buchholz will be making his sixth start since returning from shoulder inflammation that put him on the injured list May 9-Aug. 24. He is 1-3 with a 6.39 ERA since coming back from the injury.This will be the second straight start against the Orioles this season for Buchholz. He allowed 10 hits and seven runs over 3 2/3 innings Wednesday at Baltimore but escaped with a no-decision when the Blue Jays won 11-10.He is 11-7 with a 4.12 ERA in 24 career games (21 starts) against Baltimore. He is 12-5 with a 2.98 ERA in 21 career games (20 starts) in Toronto.The Blue Jays struck out 15 times Sunday and 42 times in the series against the Yankees. They have struck out 1,459 times this season, the seventh-highest total among major league teams."That's an adjustment we have to make for the (rest of the season) and for next year," Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said recently. "Two guys have great approaches with two strikes (and) are hitting .300 -- Reese McGuire (.318) and Bo Bichette (.311.). Hopefully it gets to be contagious." Bichette has missed the past three games with a concussion after being hit on the helmet with a pitch Thursday in Baltimore.--Field Level Media
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