Jays' misery continues
BALTIMORE - Nolan Reimold hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to cap a second comeback by the Baltimore Orioles, who beat Toronto, 12-10, yesterday to extend the Blue Jays' losing streak to nine games.
Baltimore trailed, 8-3, when Toronto ace Roy Halladay left after seven innings, and 10-8 after Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer off Danys Baez in the top of the 11th.
But after Luke Scott hit an RBI single off Brian Wolfe (1-1) that put runners at the corners with one out, Reimold hit his fourth homer in 13 games since being recalled from triple-A Norfolk.
Toronto finished the worst road swing in franchise history - three losses apiece in Boston, Atlanta, and Baltimore. The Blue Jays never before went winless on a trip of at least nine games.
Baez (4-1) pitched three innings for the Orioles, who got a home run from Scott and a career-high four hits from Robert Andino in completing a three-game sweep.
After Halladay allowed eight hits and left with a five-run lead, the Blue Jays' bullpen ruined his chance to become the first nine-game winner in the majors.
Baltimore began the eighth by loading the bases with no outs against Jesse Carlson. After Reimold struck out, Chad Moeller was hit by a pitch to force in a run. Andino followed with an RBI single, and Brian Roberts greeted Scott Downs with a sacrifice fly. Adam Jones followed with a run-scoring single, and Nick Markakis tied it with an RBI double.
Jones, however, was cut down at the plate trying to score the go-ahead run.
In the 11th, Hill homered after Marco Scutaro hit a one-out single. The home run was Toronto's first in eight games and 78 innings.
But Baltimore rallied again in the bottom half, leaving the Blue Jays with their longest road losing streak since a 10-game run in 1979.
After totaling 13 runs during its previous eight games, Toronto got nearly half that in a six-run fourth inning that made it 7-2.
Toronto 100 601 000 02–10 12 0
Baltimore 020 010 050 04–12 18 1
Toronto AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
Scutaro ss 5 3 2 2 .291 B.Roberts 2b 5 0 1 1 .302
A.Hill 2b 6 2 2 2 .344 Ad.Jones cf 6 0 3 2 .359
Rios rf 6 0 2 1 .262 Markakis rf 6 1 2 1 .303
V.Wells cf 5 1 2 1 .269 A.Huff 1b 6 1 2 0 .269
Lind dh 4 1 0 0 .283 Mora 3b 4 3 2 0 .268




