TORONTO -- The series opener between the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles was a pitchers duel for the first five innings.
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Melky Cabrera belted three-run homers as the Blue Jays dumped the Orioles 9-3 on
Tuesday night at Rogers Centre. Encarnacion got things started in the sixth
inning, Lawrie would later give the Jays the lead and Cabrera added some
insurance as Toronto improved to 11-9 on the season. "Home runs come in handy,"
said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. "Home runs do win. We had the three big
ones." Nelson Cruz hit a three-run shot for Baltimore (9-10) in the top half of
the sixth inning before Encarnacion ended his 25-game home run drought to pull
Toronto even. Lawrie, from Langley, B.C., cracked the tie in the eighth inning
with a blast off Evan Meek (0-1) to help make a winner of reliever Steve Delabar
(2-0). Cabrera, who has hit safely in 19 of 20 games this season, went deep off
Josh Stinson later in the frame. Juan Francisco and Josh Thole chipped in with
two hits apiece for the Blue Jays, who outhit the Orioles 9-8. Toronto starter
R.A. Dickey and Baltimores Miguel Gonzalez were both in form early on. Dickey
was the first to hiccup in the sixth inning after Baltimore got a rally started
by taking advantage of some sloppy defence. Steve Lombardozzi hit a flare to
shallow left field that dropped in between Cabrera and Jose Reyes. Both Blue
Jays seemed to think the other had a read on the ball but neither did.
Lombardozzi reached second on the play and Nick Markakis followed with a walk.
Cruz then stepped into a 1-1 fastball for his fourth homer of the season. Dickey
recorded the next two outs but then loaded the bases by walking Steve Clevenger,
hitting Delmon Young with a pitch and walking Ryan Flaherty. A Jonathan Schoop
strikeout kept the damage to just three runs. A Baltimore error helped the Blue
Jays rally in the bottom half. Cabrera reached when Lombardozzi flubbed a
grounder and Jose Bautista singled to set the stage for Encarnacion, who
launched a blast into the first row of standing-room only seats above the first
deck in centre field. "Hes a home run hitter," Gibbons said. "To get that first
one, Im sure hes breathing a little bit easier." It was the fourth-longest home
run drought of Encarnacions career. Gonzalez, who struck out a season-high seven
batters, lasted 5 2/3 innings as Baltimore fell to 5-6 on the road this season.
"With Encarnacion you cant double up, youve got to keep the ball down and make
better pitches," Gonzalez said. The Baltimore starter allowed four hits and two
earned runs while walking a pair. "Miguel was very close there," Orioles manager
Buck Showalter said. "If we do a couple of things differently he probably
pitches six or seven innings. He had good stuff obviously. He gave us a good
chance to win. I cant fault his effort." Dickey struggled again when he came
back out for the seventh inning but got a big assist from the Toronto bullpen.
With runners on second and third and nobody out, Neil Wagner came on in relief
and got Cruz to ground out. Southpaw Brett Cecil relieved Wagner and walked
Chris Davis to load the bases. Cecil got cleanup hitter Adam Jones to wave at
three straight pitches before striking out Clevenger to snuff the threat. "Thats
the ballgame right there," Gibbons said. "But our bullpen is good. Weve had a
couple hiccups in the past week but our bullpen is as good as anybodys." Delabar
came on for the eighth inning and put a runner on with a one-out walk.
Jonathan Diaz and Reyes then combined for a nice 4-6-3 double play to retire the
side. Notes: Dickey, who tied a season high with six strikeouts, was pulled
after facing two batters in the seventh inning. He allowed six hits, three
earned runs and three walks. It was his second quality start of the season. ...
The crowd let out a cheer when the halftime score of the Toronto Raptors NBA
playoff game was shown on the big screen. The Raptors led Brooklyn 45-39 after
two quarters and went on to beat the Nets 100-95. ... Cabrera has five homers on
the season, one more than Lawrie. ... Announced attendance was 14,866 and the
game took two hours 54 minutes to play. ... Dustin McGowan (1-1) is scheduled to
start the second game of the three-game series on Wednesday. The Orioles will
counter with fellow right-hander Chris Tillman (1-0). ... The Blue Jays will
close out the homestand with a weekend series against the Boston Red Sox. ... It
was the fifth game of a seven-game road trip for the Orioles, who were coming
off a four-game series split in Boston. ... Bautista has reached base safely in
all 20 games this season. Its the teams longest season-opening streak of its
kind since Vernon Wells reached base safely in 29 straight games to open the
2006 campaign. ... Cecil has yet to allow an earned run this season. He has 15
strikeouts over 8 2/3 innings.
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