Baltimore 12, Toronto 0
When: 7:07 PM ET, Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Lazaro Diaz, 1B -
Tim Welke, 2B -
Paul Schrieber, 3B -
Mike Everitt
Attendance:
13556
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Orioles 12, Blue Jays 0: Zach Britton tossed seven scoreless innings and Mark Reynolds drilled a three-run homer as visiting Baltimore moved into a first-place tie with the New York Yankees atop the American League East.
Britton (5-1) kept the Blue Jays off balance all night long, scattering four hits while striking out eight. The sophomore left-hander is 4-0 with a 0.94 ERA and 29 strikeouts in his last four starts.
The victory, combined with New York's 5-2 loss to Tampa Bay, propelled Baltimore into a share of first in the East. Baltimore also retained its 1 1/2-game lead over the Rays in the AL wild-card race.
Reynolds provided all the offense Britton would need, breaking a scoreless tie in the fifth inning with a drive off right-hander Carlos Villanueva (7-5) that just cleared the left-field fence. It was the fifth home run in four games for Reynolds, who has 11 RBIs in that span.
Baltimore extended the lead in the sixth on a Nate McLouth RBI sacrifice fly and broke it open with three runs in the seventh, capped by a J.J. Hardy run-scoring single. The Orioles tacked on five more in the eighth, highlighted by Reynolds' RBI single.
Villanueva was charged with six runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings while losing for the fifth time in his last seven starts.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Chris Davis went 3-for-4 and scored three times for the Orioles, who had every starter record at least one hit. ... The grounds crew had to patch up the mound during a sixth-inning break after the skies opened up and the Rogers Centre roof stalled in the midst of closing. One inning later, a fire alarm went off. The game continued without incident. ... Hardy went 1-for-3 with Villanueva on the mound and has a .533 career average (8-for-15) against him. ... Toronto rookie 3B Adeiny Hechavarria has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Baltimore |
|
Toronto |
|
Zack Britton
|
Player |
Carlos Villanueva |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.0 |
IP |
6.2 |
|
8 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
4 |
Hits |
7 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
8.10 |
Hitting
| Baltimore |
|
Toronto |
|
Mark Reynolds | Player |
Rajai Davis |
|
3 |
Hits |
1 |
|
4 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
6 |
TB |
1 |
|
.750 |
Avg |
.333 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Baltimore
|
18 |
1 |
27 |
.429 |
16 |
6 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Toronto
|
4 |
0 |
5 |
.129 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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