TORONTO — The fate of the Orioles’ season might well come down to how they perform against the Toronto Blue Jays. If the next two months are anything like the past week, they’ll do well in that regard.
Coming off a disappointing series loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in which they nearly went without a baserunner in the series finale, the Orioles’ offense busted out a 7-3 victory to begin a three-game set with the Blue Jays, their third win in eight days against the American League wild-card leaders. Including the final two games of this series, 12 of Baltimore’s final 47 games are against Toronto.
Although the Tampa Bay Rays’ win over the New York Yankees keeps the Orioles (60-55) 1 1/2 games out of a playoff spot, they ended their game Monday trailing by that much for any of the league’s three wild-card spots; the Seattle Mariners didn’t begin their game with the Los Angeles Angels until late Monday.
