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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Baltimore 12, Toronto 4
When: 7:07 PM ET, Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 17477

J.J. Hardy homered twice as the Baltimore Orioles roughed up the host Toronto Blue Jays 12-4 on Tuesday night.

Hardy took Brandon Morrow (7-5) deep in the third and fourth innings, and added a sacrifice fly in the fifth to cap a four-RBI night. It was the first multi-homer game for Hardy since July 6, 2008.

The one-sided defeat wasn't the biggest loss of the night for the Jays. Slugger Jose Bautista left the game in the third after taking a pitch in the helmet from Baltimore starter Jake Arrieta.

Bautista remained on the ground for a few moments before leaving on his own power. The Blue Jays confirmed Bautista was removed for precautionary measures and is considered day-to-day.

Derrek Lee finished with four hits - including a homer - and five RBIs as Baltimore set a season high with eight extra-base hits. It was also the first time since April 22, 2005 that the Orioles scored 10 or more runs in Toronto - a stretch of 58 games.

Arrieta (10-7) won despite allowing four runs - including homers to Adam Lind and Aaron Hill. He left after five innings with a foot injury.

Morrow was torched for seven runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings as his five-game winning streak came to an end.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   Toronto
Jake Arrieta Player Brandon Morrow
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 3.1
4 Strikeouts 5
5 Hits 9
7.20 ERA 16.20
Hitting
Baltimore   Toronto
Derrek Lee Player Aaron Hill
4 Hits 2
5 RBI 1
1 HR 1
8 TB 5
.800 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 16 4 32 .372 15 9 12 3 1 1
Toronto 9 2 15 .250 18 5 4 3 1 1