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06/06 16:54 CDT Ernie Clement hits 3-run homer as Blue Jays overcome three
Baltimore HRs to beat Orioles 6-4
Ernie Clement hits 3-run homer as Blue Jays overcome three Baltimore HRs to
beat Orioles 6-4
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Ernie Clement hit a three-run home run, Brandon Valenzuela had
three hits and an RBI, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4
on Saturday.
Pete Alonso hit a two-run home run for Baltimore, and Colton Cowser and Blaze
Alexander both had solo shots, but it wasn't enough for the Orioles.
Gunnar Henderson had three hits as the Orioles finished with six, ending an
11-game streak with seven hits or more.
Spencer Miles (3-1) allowed two runs and two hits in 4 1/3 innings to win for
the second time in three appearances. He walked one and struck out five.
Louis Varland pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th save in 10 chances as Toronto
improved to 19-7 when scoring five or more runs.
Clement went 2 for 4 with a triple and scored twice. He also made a highlight
defensive play in the eighth, diving to snare Alonso's grounder and throwing
from his knees for the out.
Six straight Toronto batters reached in a four-run fourth against Kyle Bradish
(3-7).
Braydon Fisher opened for Toronto and struck out two in the first, stranding
runners at second and third. Miles gave up Cowser's one-out homer in the second
but retired 11 of the next 12 batters.
Jeff Hoffman replaced Miles with one on and one out in the sixth but Alonso
greeted him with his 13th homer of the season to right.
Alexander hit a one-out homer off Mason Fluharty in the seventh.
The Orioles lost for the ninth time when hitting two or more home runs.
Bradish allowed five runs and nine hits in four innings. He walked three and
struck out three.
Up next
Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (4-4, 3.36 ERA) is expected to start Sunday against
Oriole RHP Shane Baz (3-5, 4.29).
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