BUFFALO, N.Y. — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in two runs to raise his major league-leading RBI total to 66, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Sunday.
The Blue Jays tallied 12 hits in closing out a four-game series with their seventh win in eight games. Four of those victories came against the Orioles, who have dropped 16 of 18.
Toronto got two hits apiece from Guerrero, Cavan Biggio, Marcus Semien, Teoscar Hernández and Reese McGuire. It was the Blue Jays’ 34th game with 10 or more hits, matching the Astros for most in the majors.
Ross Stripling (3-4) earned his first win in four starts, allowing two runs and six hits in five-plus innings.
Patrick Murphy replaced Stripling with runners on the corners and escaped the jam with a strikeout and a double-play grounder. Jordan Romano got three outs for his sixth save.
Guerrero’s two-run double in the third gave the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead. Guerrero then appeared to score from second on Biggio’s base hit, but Austin Wynns tagged Guerrero’s hand just before he brushed home plate, and the call was overturned by a video review.
Baltimore got one back on Ramon Urias’ RBI double in the fifth, but Biggio made it 5-2 when he doubled home Guerrero and Hernández in the bottom half.
Orioles starter Jorge López (2-10) was charged with five runs and 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Ryan Mountcastle hit his 13th homer in the first, breaking a streak of five games without a homer for the Orioles, their longest in nine seasons.
ALL-STAR VOTING
Five Blue Jays advanced to the second round of fan voting to determine starters for the All-Star Game at Coors Field on July 13. Toronto’s finalists are: first baseman Guerrero, who led all players with more than 2.7 million votes, second baseman Marcus Semien, the AL vote leader at his position, shortstop Bo Bichette, left fielder Hernández and center fielder Randal Grichuk.
Center fielder Cedric Mullins is the Orioles’ lone finalist.
MAKING MOVES
Baltimore called up infielder Domingo Leyba, outfielder Ryan McKenna and infielder Urias to fill out the lineup, and optioned right-hander Konner Wade and infielder Stevie Wilkerson to Triple-A Norfolk. Joining them in Norfolk will be right-hander Mickey Jannis, who cleared waivers after he was designated for assignment on Friday.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: SS Freddy Galvis was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right quadriceps injury after he got hurt running out a bunt single in Saturday’s game. Galvis could be out for a month or two, manager Brandon Hyde said. … Mullins had a scheduled day off but pinch-hit in the ninth inning, and 1B Trey Mancini, back this season after treatment for colon cancer, was held out for “a little breather,” Hyde said.
UP NEXT
Orioles: Travel to Houston to start a three-game series Monday, with right-hander Thomas Eshelman (0-1, 7.27 ERA) scheduled to face Astros right-hander Zack Greinke (8-2, 3.56 ERA).
Blue Jays: Following an off day, they begin a three-game series against Seattle on Tuesday night.