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Blue Jays' five-homer game
TOR@BAL: Blue Jays mash five homers in win over O's
The Blue Jays crush five homers in a 13-3 win, as Michael Saunders hits three dingers while Josh Donaldson and Justin Smoak add one apiece
The victory pulled the Blue Jays to within one game of first place in the division. Toronto has scored at least seven runs in four consecutive games for the first time since 2009 and in six of its past seven games overall. This lineup might have gotten off to a slow start, but it's red hot right now.
Right-hander Mike Wright took the loss for Baltimore after surrendering eight runs on six hits and a walk over 3 2/3 innings. Reliever Ubaldo Jimenez did not fare much better, as he allowed five runs on four hits and two walks in 2 1/3 innings.
Aaron Sanchez earned the victory for Toronto by scattering seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts over six innings of work. He worked his way out of a bases-loaded situation in the first inning and managed to keep the game in check until the Blue Jays' lineup did the rest.
Sanchez limits the damage
TOR@BAL: Sanchez gets Schoop to end threat in the 1st
Aaron Sanchez gets Jonathan Schoop to ground into a fielder's choice, finding his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the 1st
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
The hat trick: Leave it to the Canadian to score baseball's version of the hat trick. Saunders got his night started in the first inning with a three-run shot to left-center field. In the fourth, he added another three-run shot, and in the sixth it was a two-run homer over the wall in right field. It was the first time in Saunders' career that he went deep three times in one game and the seventh time in his career he hit at least two. More >
Saunders' third homer of the day
TOR@BAL: Saunders launches third homer of the game
Michael Saunders crushes his third home run of the game over the wall in right field for a two-run tater in the top of the 6th inning
Not the Wright guy: When Wright got a second chance June 6, just days after he was demoted to Triple-A, he responded with seven innings without an earned run. But he couldn't back it up against Toronto in his next start, allowing four runs in five-plus innings. And in his do-over against the Blue Jays less than a week later, he fared even worse. Wright gave up a career-high eight earned runs. He was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk after the game.
Wright freezes Smoak
TOR@BAL: Wright strikes out Smoak to end top of 1st
Mike Wright collects his second strikeout of the game as he gets Justin Smoak looking to end the top of the 1st inning
Scoring the touchdown: Toronto took an early 4-2 lead through three innings, but it was the fourth that put the game out of reach. The Blue Jays sent 11 batters to the plate, and Saunders' three-run shot was only part of the story. Russell Martin doubled, Smoak homered and Donaldson had a two-run triple. Toronto scored seven runs before it was all said and done while chasing Wright from the game and making life equally as difficult on Jimenez.
Blue Jays' seven-run 4th inning
TOR@BAL: Blue Jays hit two homers, score seven in 4th
The Blue Jays notch five hits and seven runs, including homers by Justin Smoak and Michael Saunders, as they extend their lead to 11-2
The glove and the arm: Before this game was put out of reach, Toronto second baseman Darwin Barney protected his club's two-run lead in the third with a spectacular play in shallow right field. With the bases loaded and one out, Baltimore's Jonathan Schoop hit a high popup to the right side of the field. The ball was in serious danger of dropping for a hit, but Barney was able to track it down on the run before turning and firing it home. Martin's tag initially missed Manny Machado, but the Orioles' shortstop also didn't touch the plate on his slide. That allowed Martin to tag him a couple of seconds later for the final out of the inning. Baltimore asked for a review, but the call on the field was confirmed.
Toronto's 4-2 double play
TOR@BAL: Review upholds Blue Jays' double play in 3rd
Darwin Barney makes an over-the-shoulder catch in right field and fires home, where Manny Machado is out attempting to tag up from third
SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS
Saunders became the fourth Canadian in Major League history to record a three-homer game. Joey Votto, Justin Morneau and Larry Walker previously did it, as well.
WHAT'S NEXT
Blue Jays: Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (4-7, 4.16 ERA) will take the mound when the Blue Jays continue their three-game series against the Orioles on Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET. Dickey has surrendered three earned runs or fewer in each of his past four starts. He has faced Baltimore once this season, and in that outing on April 20, he surrendered three runs over six innings.
Orioles: After nearly two months on the disabled list, righty Yovani Gallardo (1-1, 7.00 ERA) will make his return to the Orioles' rotation. He allowed just one hit, a home run, in five innings in his last of three rehab starts Monday.
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Ryan Baillargeon is a reporter for MLB.com based in Baltimore.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Saunders leads Toronto's 5-HR win vs. O's
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