TORONTO – Alejandro Kirk’s sacrifice fly in the ninth inning completed yet another Blue Jays comeback as Toronto stunned the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 on Saturday.
The Blue Jays scored three in the ninth inning for their 45th comeback win of the season, the most in Major League Baseball.
Addison Barger led off the fifth with a home run as Toronto (85-63) extended its win streak to three games. Kirk and fellow pinch-hitter Joey Loperfido had RBI singles in the eighth and ninth innings respectively to keep the Blue Jays within a run.
Light-hitting Andres Gimenez singled to score Ernie Clement and tie the game 4-4, setting up Kirk’s heroics.
Gunnar Henderson had an RBI double and then Tyler O’Neill, from Maple Ridge, B.C., hit into a fielder’s choice to score another run for Baltimore (70-78)