After reaching on an error at first, Mike McCoy slides into third base on an Eric Thames single to center in the first inning. Orioles third baseman Chris Davis awaits a late throw.
Today's POTD looks at a series finale between the Blue Jays and Orioles at the Dome September 11.
After reaching on an error at first, Mike McCoy slides into third base on an Eric Thames single to center in the first inning. Orioles third baseman Chris Davis awaits a late throw.
Mike McCoy looks behind him as he scores Toronto's first run, courtesy of a Jose Bautista single to left, to tie the game at 1-1. Orioles catcher Matt Wieters can only look on.
Brett Lawrie hustles down to first after hitting a ground ball to second...
...to score Eric Thames to put the Jays ahead 2-1.
Second baseman Kelly Johnson gets ready to catch a pop-up from the Orioles Robert Andino to end the fifth inning. David Cooper heads back to the first base bag.
Reliever Joel Carreno enters the ball game in the seventh inning and pitches a clean frame with one strikeout. The Jays were trailing 5-3 at this point after the Orioles scored four times off starter Dustin McGowan and once off Shawn Camp.
David Cooper starts the comeback as he leads off the bottom of the seventh with a home run to right to make it a one-run game.
One out later, Adam Loewen crosses home plate after hitting his first major league homer off Orioles starter Tommy Hunter to tie the game at 5-5.
Jose Bautista is able to lift a sacrifice fly to center field off Orioles reliever Willie Eyre to score Mike McCoy, whose third run of the game gave the Jays a 6-5 lead.
J.P. Arencibia points at the home plate umpire, who calls strike three on a swing and a miss from a dejected Chris Davis to end the game. Frank Francisco survived a Mark Reynolds walk with two outs in the ninth to collect his 14th save and preserve Joel Carreno's first major league win as the Jays beat the O's 6-5.
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