 struck out three and walked none. The left-hander permitted only one runner past second base and yielded just one extra-base hit to a team that came in ranked second in the majors with a .467 slugging percentage.Signed in December to an $80 million, four-year contract, Ryu got off to a shaky start with Toronto in July before showing the form he displayed as a star with the Dodgers. He's given up a total of two runs in his last three starts after allowing eight runs over nine innings in his first two outings.The Blue Jays took control with a four-run third against Alex Cobb (1-2). Three infield hits produced a run before Grichuk delivered a three-run drive over the center-field wall. It was his third home run of the season, all in the last four games.After hitting 31 homers last year, Grichuk was batting fifth, sixth or seventh in the order this season before Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo decided to move him into the No. 2 spot Sunday to replace injured Bo Bichette. Over the past two games, Grichuk has two homers, four hits and six RBIs.Cobb gave up five runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings. He's winless in his last four starts.Pedro Severino and Renato Nunez had RBIs for the Orioles, who have dropped two straight after winning seven of eight.TRAINER'S ROOMBlue Jays: Bichette (right knee sprain) had an MRI and will receive a second opinion on his injury, Montoyo said. Bichette leads Toronto with a .361 batting average.Orioles: RH Dillon Tate (elbow contusion) came off the injured list and RH Evan Phillips was optioned to the team's alternate site.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RH Nate Pearson (0-0, 5.11 ERA) makes his fourth start in his first big league season Tuesday night. Drafted 28th overall in 2017, the 23-year-old is looking to rebound after giving up four runs to Miami last week in 2 1/3 innings. ''I'm developing at the highest level,'' Pearson said Monday. ''When I don't have my best stuff, I'm going to struggle.'' Orioles: LH Wade LeBlanc (1-0, 7.13) has allowed a combined 10 runs over 12 innings in his last three starts.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Orioles to meet Jays as both teams look to bounce backThe Baltimore Orioles, one of the surprise teams this season, enter a three-game series with the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Monday as a strong offensive team that's posing problems for its opponents.Baltimore is 12-9 and sitting in third place in the American League East, three games out of first place. Toronto is 3 1/2 games behind the Orioles and coming off two tough losses on Sunday - the first a completion of a suspended game from Saturday, and then the regularly scheduled game.The Orioles, who swept Washington on Aug. 7-9 but lost two of three to the Nationals this past weekend, have shown an ability to come back from big holes.On Sunday, the Orioles fell behind 3-0 in the first and then 5-1 later to Max Scherzer, but home runs from Pedro Severino and Anthony Santander, his second of the game, pulled them even before a late error gave the Nationals the 6-5 win.Santander finished with two RBIs, giving him 15 in his last 10 games and in the AL lead with 22. His seven homers are a team high and tied for fourth in the league."He's showed up this year and is really swinging the bat well and driving the baseball," Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said.Both homers were blasted to right field, and Santander, a switch hitter, said, through a translator to MLB.com, that he was just looking to hit the ball hard."I was just trying to be aggressive in the strike zone," he said. "[Scherzer] is definitely one of the best of all time, so I'm very thankful for that." The Blue Jays, meanwhile, lost Sunday's regularly scheduled game to the Rays 7-5 when Willy Adames homered off Wilmer Font in the eighth.Toronto suffered a bigger loss when shortstop Bo Bichette went on the 10-day injured list with a right knee sprain. He didn't play in the completion of the suspended game Sunday, and MLB.com said the Jays still were doing tests.But they put him on the IL after that first contest. Bichette has started strong this season, hitting .361 with five home runs. Taking Bichette's roster spot will be Santiago Espinal, who can play all around the infield and outfield.The big question is how long Bichette is going to be out, and that is not known yet."I don't really have a timeline," manager Charlie Montoyo said to MLB.com. "It just wasn't good news for everybody when we heard it today." Left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu (1-1, 4.05 ERA) will start Monday for Toronto. He's 1-0 with a 7.50 career mark in his only appearance against the Orioles.Baltimore has not announced a starter, though ESPN lists Alex Cobb (1-1, 2.75), and the Baltimore Sun speculated it would be Cobb as well.In his most recent start, Cobb went 5 1/3 innings at Philadelphia, allowing two runs on three hits. It matched the longest of his four starts this season.Cobb is 3-5 with a 4.67 ERA in 11 starts covering 61 2/3 innings against the Blue Jays.--Field Level Media--Field Level Media
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