George Springer broke a scoreless tie with a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh notching career hit # 1,000, and Toronto beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 on Wednesday behind a stellar effort from Ross Stripling, who carried a perfect game into the seventh.
Activated off the iL prior to the contest, after being sidelined with a sore right hip, Stripling retired his first 18 batters before Cedric Mullins singled to center on the first pitch of the seventh.
Some of the crowd of 40,141 gave Stripling a brief ovation after Mullins’ hit. It came on a curveball, a pitch Stripling hadn’t used against Baltimore’s leadoff man in his first two at-bats. Stripling threw 72 pitches, 52 for strikes, and matched a season high by striking out seven in 6 1/3 innings.
Baltimore(61-56) could have moved into an AL wild-card spot with a win completing a crucial sweep of Toronto(62-54). The Orioles are 10-5 in August.
Toronto erupted in the seventh, as Santiago Espinal followed Springer with a two-run double, and Alejandro Kirk capped the Blue Jays’ game-breaking six-run frame with another two-run double.
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