Seems like jays pitchers should give up while ahead

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BALTIMORE -- Brandon Morrow turned in the kind of effort most pitchers dream of on Saturday night. The Toronto right-hander all but dominated the Orioles, limiting them four hits over 7 2/3 innings.

In fact, Morrow really had trouble with just one batter: Adam Jones. The center fielder notched two of the team's four hits off Morrow, a three-run homer that capped a four-run outburst in the sixth and an RBI single that provided some insurance in the eighth inning as the Orioles rallied for a 6-2 victory over the Jays before 19,396 at Camden Yards.

Morrow (8-6) looked dominant for five innings. He retired the first 15 Orioles before Nolan Reimold singled to open the sixth. The right-hander stuck mostly with the fastball and shut down the Baltimore hitters with little trouble.

"Everything was there," Morrow said.

Morrow allowed just three balls out of the infield in those first five innings. He threw 44 strikes on 56 pitches through those frames, as the Orioles struggled to mount anything offensively.

Morrow entered the sixth inning with the Jays (57-56) holding a 2-0 lead, but Reimold singled to break up the perfect game and moved to third when Blake Davis added a one-out single.

Robert Andino then hit a potential double-play grounder to Yunel Escobar, but the shortstop booted it, allowing Reimold to score and moving Davis to second. Jones lined a three-run homer to right on a 95-mph fastball two batters later that gave the Orioles (44-66) the lead for good at 4-2.