Final
Orioles go after fourth straight win and sweep of Jays
Apr 26, 2012 - 2:39 PMVideo
The hosts won the second straight in the series on Wednesday night when starter Jason Hammel pitched seven innings of four-hit ball and Wilson Betemit and Chris Davis homered in a 3-0 triumph.
After limiting Toronto to one run on Tuesday, Baltimore became the first team this season to shut out the Blue Jays. The Orioles are 4-1 against Toronto after going 6-12 last year.
Hammel (3-0) struck out seven and walked one in lowering his ERA to 1.73 over four starts. The right-hander came to Baltimore in February with reliever Matt Lindstrom in the trade that sent Jeremy Guthrie to Colorado.
Lindstrom worked a perfect eighth and Pedro Strop got three outs for his second save in two nights as the replacement for closer Jim Johnson, who has been hospitalized since Monday with flu-like symptoms
Matusz, the fourth overall pick in the 2008 draft, has dropped his initial three starts of 2012 while failing to last beyond 5 2/3 innings in any of the outings and posting a 7.98 earned run average.
He dropped a 9-2 verdict at Toronto on April 15 after giving up five runs on seven hits in the season-long 5 2/3-inning stint. He's 0-3 in four career starts against the Blue Jays with an ugly 13.09 ERA in 11 innings, allowing 21 hits and 16 runs.
The 25-year-old southpaw went an even five innings in his most recent start on April 20 in Anaheim and lost a 6-3 decision to the Angels.
For Toronto, rookie righty Drew Hutchison makes his second big-league start, five days after he defeated Kansas City in his initial outing.
The Blue Jays were 9-5 winners for the 21-year-old Lakeland, Fla. native, who was touched for eight hits and five runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Hutchison, a 15th-round draft pick in 2009, had never pitched above Double-A and threw 99 pitches against the Royals while becoming the first Toronto pitcher to win his big-league debut since Ricky Romero on April 9, 2009.
Toronto went 27-9 against Baltimore the previous two seasons, but the Orioles opened up this year's season series by taking two of three in Toronto.
- TORONTO: 2
BALTIMORE: 5
Final
Apr 26 10:00 PM - Chris Davis none-out, two-run Home Run (3) to right center scored Matt Wieters. Mark Reynolds due up.
Blue Jays 2, Orioles 5 Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 26 9:44 PM - Adam Jones lead-off Home Run (6) to left. Matt Wieters due up.
Blue Jays 2, Orioles 3 Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 26 9:39 PM - Adam Jones single to short scored Nick Markakis, advances to second on Yunel Escobar's throwing error. On the play, Nick Markakis advances to home. Runner on second with none out and Matt Wieters due up.
Blue Jays 2, Orioles 2 Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 26 8:56 PM - Eric Thames triple to right scored Yunel Escobar and Jose Bautista. Runner on third with two outs and Ben Francisco due up.
Blue Jays 2, Orioles 1 Top 6, 2 OutsApr 26 8:48 PM - Ryan Flaherty sacrifice fly to left scored Chris Davis. Runner on first with two outs and Nolan Reimold due up.
Blue Jays 0, Orioles 1 Bot 5, 2 OutsApr 26 8:31 PM - TORONTO: 0
BALTIMORE: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 26 7:08 PM
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