TORONTO – Forty-five times there has been magic in the Toronto Blue Jays dugout.
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.
It’s the fourth most come-from-behind victories in franchise history behind 1987 (50), 1983 (47), and 1984 (46). Saturday’s rally surpassed the 44 comebacks racked up by Toronto’s eventual 1993 World Series championship team.
“The energy, it’s unbelievable in the dugout, especially in those kind of moments,” said Kirk through translator Hector Lebron. “Everybody just paying attention to every base hit, every pitch. Everybody’s there supp