Field Level Media
Sep 24, 2019
Dwight Smith Jr., Austin Wynns and DJ Stewart homered, Trey Mancini had a career-best five hits, Dylan Bundy pitched seven strong innings and the visiting Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-4 Tuesday night.
Bundy (7-14) allowed two runs, three hits and two walks while striking out six as the Orioles (52-106) gained a split of the first two games of the three-game series.
Mancini extended his hit streak to a season-best 11 games, hitting .522 in that stretch (24-for-46).
Derek Fisher homered for the Blue Jays (64-94).
With scheduled starter Anthony Kay scratched because of a sore back, Thomas Pannone (3-6) opened the game for the Blue Jays and allowed three runs in his only inning.
Jonathan Villar singled and went to third on a one-out double to left by Mancini on a ball that Fisher had in his glove before it was jarred loose when he crashed into the fence.
Renato Nunez followed with a two-run double and Smith hit an RBI single.
Fisher hit his seventh homer of the season in the third.
After Elvis Luciano pitched two runless innings, Wilmer Font took over in the fourth and allowed two solo home runs. Smith led off with his 13th homer of the season and Wynns hit his first with two out.
Brock Stewart hit Smith with a pitch to open the sixth and Stewart hit his third home run of the season. Stevie Wilkerson singled, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Mancini's single to make the score 8-1.
Breyvic Valera's single in the bottom of the sixth scored Anthony Alford, who had walked and taken second on a wild pitch.
Sam Gaviglio allowed a walk and three hits, including RBI singles by Rio Ruiz and Smith in the eighth. Buddy Boshers replaced Gaviglio and allowed Stewart's RBI single.
Tanner Scott pitched a perfect bottom of the eighth with two strikeouts for Baltimore.
Scott hit pinch hitter Jonathan Davis with a pitch in the ninth and Reese McGuire followed with an RBI double. Brandon Drury singled and Rowdy Tellez had an RBI single.
--Field Level Media