If there was ever a time for Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle to interrupt out of a stoop that has stretched from early July into August, it was Monday versus the Toronto Blue Jays.
There’s no different workforce Mountcastle has discovered extra success towards, this season or over his profession. And regardless of a .170 batting common and a .435 OPS in his previous 26 video games getting into Monday — a span that didn’t embrace a house run — the blast off Mountcastle’s bat within the third inning gave the impression to be nearly an inevitability. The ball flew over the brand new left subject wall for his fourth homer towards Toronto this season in simply 5 video games.
When he obtained again to the dugout, dwelling run chain positioned round his neck, he picked up the big orange ‘O’ on the finish of the gold hyperlinks and examined it. He hadn’t worn it in a while.
Mountcastle’s homer was a part of a revitalized offensive show for a number of Orioles in a 7-4 win at Camden Yards within the first recreation of what could possibly be a vital sequence towards a fellow wild-card contender from the American League East.
The Orioles (57-52) have performed the Blue Jays (60-49), who maintain the highest of three wild-card spots, simply 4 occasions getting into Monday. They’ll face Toronto — a workforce they path by three video games — 14 extra occasions this season.
In his profession, Mountcastle has a .356 common and a 1.131 OPS towards Toronto. This season alone, he’s pushed in 9 runs towards the Blue Jays. There’s no certified batter with a greater profession mark towards Toronto in at the least 125 plate appearances than Mountcastle.
The late run Mountcastle plated with a single within the eighth inning offered some respiratory room for right-hander Félix Bautista, who accomplished a four-out save after bailing out Dillon Tate and Joey Krehbiel, who mixed to permit two runs in a shaky eighth inning that minimize the Orioles result in 6-4.
Bautista allowed the primary two Blue Jays within the ninth to achieve earlier than he caught out Teoscar Hernandez and obtained Bo Bichette to floor right into a game-ending double play to earn his fifth save.
Right-hander Jordan Lyles gave up two homers — doubling the variety of lengthy balls he’s allowed at Camden Yards this season — however a three-run homer from Ramón Urías within the first and solo homers from Anthony Santander, Austin Hays and Mountcastle had been sufficient to propel Baltimore to its sixth win in its final seven video games.
No injured listing wanted
Before Hays returned to the lineup Monday, the Orioles outfielder needed to take a look at whether or not regular throwing and swinging would exacerbate the indirect tightness that compelled him to overlook the previous 4 video games.
“We were able to test it the last couple days,” Hays mentioned. “It responded well.”
The indirect tightness held Hays out of 5 of the earlier six video games, however he needed to keep away from a visit to the 10-day injured listing — as a result of he needed to get again on the sphere as quickly as he was absolutely wholesome.
Hays’ return was notable, as was his swing within the backside of the sixth. He linked on a four-seam fastball from right-hander Trent Thorton and launched it an estimated 426 toes to deep left subject.
Entering the sport, Hays held a .542 OPS because the starting of July, throughout which he’s battled nagging accidents. Like Mountcastle, Hays’ return to kind was welcome.
Around the horn
>> Infielder Jonathan Araúz mentioned he expects to be out one other two weeks after fracturing his finger on July 25, and he figured he would return to Triple-A Norfolk for a number of video games on rehab. Araúz fractured his proper center finger on a slide into second base on a uncommon begin final month and has been on the 10-day injured listing since. “I hope I can swing this week, a couple throws,” he mentioned, including that he didn’t require surgical procedure on the finger.
>> Right-hander Louis Head was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on Monday to provide Baltimore a contemporary arm out of the bullpen. Right-hander Beau Sulser was optioned after throwing 2 1/3 innings Sunday.
>> Rylan Bannon was claimed off outright waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers, who traded the infielder to Baltimore in 2018 as a part of the commerce for third baseman Manny Machado in 2018. Without Bannon, there’s a gap on the Orioles’ 40-man roster.
>> For the primary time within the final two seasons, outfielder Cedric Mullins earned a begin whereas not batting within the leadoff spot. With left-hander Yusei Kikuchi on the mound, supervisor Brandon Hyde put outfielder Ryan McKenna within the leadoff spot for the fifth time beginning in his profession, hoping to stack right-handed hitters. Mullins batted eighth and went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
BLUE JAYS@ORIOLES
Tuesday, 7:05 p.m.
TV: MASN
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