Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays Match Player Stats On Apr 03, 2019

Matt Shoemaker pitched seven scoreless innings, Randal Grichuk hit two solo home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays held on to defeat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Wednesday.

Grichuk also doubled and scored a run in the first inning as the Blue Jays salvaged the finale of the three-game series to complete a 3-4 season-opening homestand.

Baltimore's Trey Mancini hit his third homer of the season, a three-run shot with one out in the ninth inning against Daniel Hudson. Dwight Smith Jr. and Jonathan Villar had singled to start the rally.

After the home run, Ken Giles replaced Hudson, striking out both of the batters he faced to earn his second save of the season.

Shoemaker (2-0) was solid for the second successive outing, limiting the Orioles to two hits, one walk and a hit batter. He struck out eight.

Nate Karns (0-1) was the Orioles' opener, allowing three hits and one unearned run while striking out four in two innings.

The Blue Jays scored an unearned run in the first inning. Grichuk doubled with one out. Third baseman Rio Ruiz threw the ball errantly to first on a two-out infield single by Teoscar Hernandez, who scampered to second as Grichuk scored.

Grichuk gave the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead on a homer with two out in the third against Jimmy Yacabonis.

The Orioles' first chance against Shoemaker came in the fifth when Ruiz hit a one-out, ground-rule double to left and Chris Davis walked, but Pedro Severino lined into a double play to third with Ruiz being caught off second.

Yacabonis allowed a one-out double to Luke Maile in the fifth and was replaced by Richard Bleier, who retired the final two batters of the inning.

Bleier recorded a perfect sixth and was replaced by Matt Wotherspoon, who pitched around a single in the seventh in his major league debut before allowing three runs in the eighth.

Joe Biagini replaced Shoemaker and pitched around a two-out single in the eighth.

Grichuk, who agreed to a $52-million, five-year contract extension Tuesday, hit his third homer of the season, a blast to left against Wotherspoon with one out in the eighth for the sixth multi-homer game of his career.

The Blue Jays added two more runs with two out in the eighth after Hernandez walked, Rowdy Tellez singled and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a two-run double and was out trying to reach third.

--Field Level Media