When Toronto Blue Jays scouts first saw Roberto Osuna pitch, they knew the team had to have him.

The club got their man Tuesday, signing the 16-year-old Mexican right-hander and six other international prospects to contracts.

Blue Jays director of Latin America operations Marco Paddy saw Osuna for the first time almost two years ago at a competition for the Mexican national team.

Paddy and his scouts have followed Osuna’s progress ever since.

“When you see him at 16 years of age and his ability to pitch competively now — obviously he had to be a great attraction to a lot of other clubs,” Paddy said on a conference call Tuesday. “But I would say he was the one guy that the minute we saw, that he was a guy that we had to go after.”

Also agreeing to terms with Toronto were Venezuelan outfielders Wuilmer Becerra and Jesus Gonzalez, along with Venezuelan righty Manuel Cordova.

Right-handers Alberto Tirado and Yeyfry Del Rosario and left-hander Jairo Labourt, all of the Dominican Republic, were also signed.

Osuna, the nephew of former major league pitcher Antonio Osuna, was ranked fourth by Baseball America in the projected signing bonus rankings.

Becerra was ranked fifth, Gonzalez 21st and Cordova 33rd.

Of the five pitchers Toronto signed Tuesday, Paddy said Osuna is the most advanced, but that doesn’t mean the other four won’t develop into major leaguers.

“These are guys that very well can come in and start their career next year and start moving up through the [farm] system,” he said. “You don’t want to put a timetable on how soon they’re going to be able to help our major league club.

“But I think that in the scheme of things the group of guys we signed are very well advanced and can move though the system just as quick as anyone else.”

BALTIMORE — The Toronto Blue Jays have activated right-hander Carlos Villanueva from the 15-day disabled list and designated reliever Brian Tallet for assignment.

Toronto announced the moves before Wednesday’s game at Baltimore.

Villanueva was placed on the DL on Aug. 4 with a sore right forearm. He is 6-3 with a 4.24 ERA in 26 games, 13 starts.

Tallet was seeking his first big league save on Tuesday night, but instead surrendered two 10th-inning runs in a 6-5 loss to the Orioles.

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Orioles starter Jo-Jo Reyes would like to make an impact against the Toronto Blue Jays, who placed the pitcher on waivers earlier this month. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press)

Ryan Adams is providing an unexpected impact for the last-place Baltimore Orioles.

Jo-Jo Reyes would like to make one of his own against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Adams will try to continue his production at the plate while Reyes looks to beat his former club Wednesday night in the first meeting since being waived.

The Orioles (54-79) are at the bottom of the AL East, but have won seven of nine while Adams is hitting .333 with four doubles and four RBIs since being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on Aug. 22.

The rookie second baseman turned in a clutch performance Tuesday, capping a two-run 10th with an RBI single in a 6-5 win over Toronto (67-68) to open this three-game series at Camden Yards.

“In that situation, I was just trying to get the ball in the air,” Adams said. “They were playing [the outfield] in and I got a pitch up. Right away, I knew it was going to be deep enough to get him in.”

Reyes (7-10, 5.26 ERA) may find some extra motivation as he tries to help Baltimore win just its second series since late June.

He went 5-8 with a 5.40 ERA in 20 starts for Toronto before the club designated him for assignment on July 23. He gave up 15 runs in 9 2-3 innings over his final two starts with the Jays, and the Orioles claimed him off waivers earlier this month.

“Yeah, you know, of course,” Reyes told the team’s official website. “They let me go, so of course I’m going to have a little chip on my shoulder. But I can’t let that affect my outing.”

The left-hander is 2-2 with a 4.57 ERA in five games – four starts – since joining Baltimore, but is lacking consistency.

Reyes has alternated wins and losses over those four starts, allowing two runs in 12 innings in the victories. However, he’s surrendered nine runs and 13 hits in nine innings of those losses.

Reyes was solid in a 6-1 victory at Minnesota on Thursday, allowing one run and five hits in six innings to help complete a four-game sweep.

He’ll try to keep Toronto slugger Jose Bautista in check, something the Orioles have been very successful at this season. Bautista, tied for the major league lead with 38 homers, is batting .178 (8 for 45) with no home runs against Baltimore in 2011.

The Blue Jays have lost five of six and are hitting .206 during a 3-8 skid. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu continues to run the team in the absence of manager John Farrell, who is recovering from a bout of pneumonia.

Toronto is expected to turn to Henderson Alvarez (0-2, 4.76), who faces the Orioles for the first time.

The rookie right-hander has lost his last two trips to the mound despite a respectable 3.75 ERA. His offense has supported him with two runs in those two games.

Alvarez surrendered four runs and four hits — three homers — while walking two and hitting another batter in six innings of a 6-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Friday.

The Blue Jays have lost six of 10 at Camden Yards after a six-game win streak there.

The Toronto Blue Jays have activated pitcher Carlos Villanueva from the 15-day disabled list and demoted relief pitcher Brian Tallet. (J. Meric/Getty Images)

The Toronto Blue Jays designated left-handed pitcher Brian Tallet for assignment one day after he blew a save against the Baltimore Orioles.

The move came Wednesday to create roster space for righty Carlos Villanueva, who returned from the 15-day disabled list.

The 27-year-old had been out with a right forearm strain since Aug. 4.

Villanueva has a 6-3 record and 4.24 earned-run average in 26 games for the Blue Jays this season.

On Tuesday night, Tallet allowed a walk-off single by Orioles second baseman Ryan Adams in the 10th inning of a 6-5 loss.

That was his first appearance since sitting out 10 weeks with a right ribcage injury that was brought on by a hard sneeze.

BALTIMORE — Brian Tallet didn’t mince words or make excuses. Called upon to record his first career save, the Toronto Blue Jays left-hander didn’t get the job done.

“Yeah, it was a pretty (bad) result, huh?” Tallet said after coughing up two 10th-inning runs in a 6-5 Baltimore Orioles victory over Toronto on Tuesday night. “It’s what happens when you don’t throw strikes early in the game, early when you get in there and let those guys get on base. Anything can happen and that’s what happened.”

The Blue Jays didn’t make the most of early offensive opportunities and, while they took advantage of numerous mistakes by the bumbling Orioles, they couldn’t put Baltimore away.

In the 10th, they ran into some old-fashioned bad luck, when right-hander Casey Janssen came up with a tight lat in his throwing shoulder and couldn’t return to the mound after dispatching the Orioles on 13 pitches in the ninth.

“We’re going to evaluate him, see where he’s at,” said acting Toronto manager Don Wakamatsu, adding that he didn’t believe Janssen’s injury was serious.

Wakamatsu was filling in for manager John Farrell, who remained in Toronto while being treated for pneumonia. Farrell is expected to miss the three-game series in Baltimore.

The Orioles botched their bunt defence, muffed an infield pop fly for an error, twice failed to get bunts down successfully and blew a one-run lead in the ninth inning. Yet one swing of rookie Ryan Adams’ bat erased their many miscues.

“It wasn’t looking good there for a minute, but we battled back,” said Adams, who capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the 10th with an RBI single.

Matt Wieters led off the Baltimore 10th by drawing a walk off Tallet (0-2). Mark Reynolds walked and, after Robert Andino bunted a foul third strike, pinch hitter Jake Fox hit a game-tying single to right with Reynolds taking third.

Adams followed with a deep fly ball off the warning track in right-centre beyond a drawn-in outfield.

“In that situation, I was just trying to get the ball in the air,” Adams said. “They were playing (the outfield) in and I got a pitch up. Right away, I knew it was going to be deep enough to get him in.”

The victory went to Willie Eyre (1-0), whose wild pitch in the top of the 10th had put the Blue Jays ahead 5-4. That was the last in a long line of mental and physical mistakes that failed to undo the resilient Orioles.

Andino’s 10th-inning bunt attempt was the second time he was unable to advance runners, and some shoddy defence in the ninth contributed to a delayed — and undefended double steal — as Toronto tied the game on Yunel Escobar’s sacrifice fly.

“I know exactly what should have happened and didn’t happen and it won’t happen again, especially considering the people,” said Baltimore manager Buck Showalter when asked about the wacky bunt play.

Wieters homered for Baltimore, which has won seven of nine.

The Blue Jays have lost five of six.

“You’ve got to take it as it comes and analyze it and you’ve just got to suck it up and move on to tomorrow,” said Toronto’s Brett Lawrie. “There’s no sense in dwelling on it. You’ve got to come back tomorrow and keep playing.”

Lawrie’s sixth homer staked Toronto to a 3-0 lead in the second. After one-out walks to Edwin Encarnacion and Kelly Johnson, the native of Langley, B.C., ripped a 1-2 curveball from Jeremy Guthrie into the left-field stands.

Wieters’ two-run shot cut the lead to a run in the bottom of the inning. Vladimir Guerrero led off with a single and Wieters homered to centre off Brett Cecil, his 15th.

Cecil’s throwing error in the fourth allowed Baltimore to tie the game at 3. Andino doubled with two down and came around on an infield single by Nolan Reimold after Cecil threw wildly past first base.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none down in the fifth, but squandered the opportunity. Encarnacion bounced into a 1-2-3 double play and Johnson flied out to centre.

“There were several different opportunities to score, to do some things and the bottom line is we put ourselves in a position,” Wakamatsu said. “We talked about not giving up and going to the end.”

The Blue Jays didn’t make the most of early offensive opportunities and, while they took advantage of numerous mistakes by the bumbling Orioles, they couldn’t put Baltimore away.

In the 10th, they ran into some old-fashioned bad luck, when right-hander Casey Janssen came up with a tight lat in his throwing shoulder and couldn’t return to the mound after dispatching the Orioles on 13 pitches in the ninth.

“We’re going to evaluate him, see where he’s at,” said acting Toronto manager Don Wakamatsu, adding that he didn’t believe Janssen’s injury was serious.

Wakamatsu was filling in for manager John Farrell, who remained in Toronto while being treated for pneumonia. Farrell is expected to miss the three-game series in Baltimore.

The Orioles botched their bunt defense, muffed an infield pop fly for an error, twice failed to get bunts down successfully and blew a one-run lead in the ninth inning. Yet one swing of rookie Ryan Adams’ bat erased their many miscues.

“It wasn’t looking good there for a minute, but we battled back,” said Adams, who capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the 10th with an RBI single.

Matt Wieters led off the Baltimore 10th by drawing a walk off Tallet (0-2). Mark Reynolds walked and, after Robert Andino bunted a foul third strike, pinch hitter Jake Fox hit a game-tying single to right with Reynolds taking third.

Adams followed with a deep fly ball off the warning track in right-center beyond a drawn-in outfield.

“In that situation, I was just trying to get the ball in the air,” Adams said. “They were playing (the outfield) in and I got a pitch up. Right away, I knew it was going to be deep enough to get him in.”

The victory went to Willie Eyre (1-0), whose wild pitch in the top of the 10th had put the Blue Jays ahead 5-4. That was the last in a long line of mental and physical mistakes that failed to undo the resilient Orioles.

Andino’s 10th-inning bunt attempt was the second time he was unable to advance runners, and some shoddy defense in the ninth contributed to a delayed — and undefended double steal — as Toronto tied the game on Yunel Escobar’s sacrifice fly.

“I know exactly what should have happened and didn’t happen and it won’t happen again, especially considering the people,” said Baltimore manager Buck Showalter when asked about the wacky bunt play.

Wieters homered for Baltimore, which has won seven of nine.

The Blue Jays have lost five of six.

“You’ve got to take it as it comes and analyze it and you’ve just got to suck it up and move on to tomorrow,” said Toronto’s Brett Lawrie. “There’s no sense in dwelling on it. You’ve got to come back tomorrow and keep playing.”

BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Tallet didn’t mince words or make excuses. Called upon to record his first career save, the Toronto Blue Jays left-hander didn’t get the job done.

“Yeah, it was a pretty (bad) result, huh?” Tallet said after coughing up two 10th-inning runs in a 6-5 Baltimore Orioles victory over Toronto on Tuesday night. “It’s what happens when you don’t throw strikes early in the game, early when you get in there and let those guys get on base. Anything can happen and that’s what happened.”

The Blue Jays didn’t make the most of early offensive opportunities and, while they took advantage of numerous mistakes by the bumbling Orioles, they couldn’t put Baltimore away.

In the 10th, they ran into some old-fashioned bad luck, when right-hander Casey Janssen came up with a tight lat in his throwing shoulder and couldn’t return to the mound after dispatching the Orioles on 13 pitches in the ninth.

“We’re going to evaluate him, see where he’s at,” said acting Toronto manager Don Wakamatsu, adding that he didn’t believe Janssen’s injury was serious.

Wakamatsu was filling in for manager John Farrell, who remained in Toronto while being treated for pneumonia. Farrell is expected to miss the three-game series in Baltimore.

The Orioles botched their bunt defense, muffed an infield pop fly for an error, twice failed to get bunts down successfully and blew a one-run lead in the ninth inning. Yet one swing of rookie Ryan Adams’ bat erased their many miscues.

“It wasn’t looking good there for a minute, but we battled back,” said Adams, who capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the 10th with an RBI single.

Matt Wieters led off the Baltimore 10th by drawing a walk off Tallet (0-2). Mark Reynolds walked and, after Robert Andino bunted a foul third strike, pinch hitter Jake Fox hit a game-tying single to right with Reynolds taking third.

Adams followed with a deep fly ball off the warning track in right-center beyond a drawn-in outfield.

“In that situation, I was just trying to get the ball in the air,” Adams said. “They were playing (the outfield) in and I got a pitch up. Right away, I knew it was going to be deep enough to get him in.”

The victory went to Willie Eyre (1-0), whose wild pitch in the top of the 10th had put the Blue Jays ahead 5-4. That was the last in a long line of mental and physical mistakes that failed to undo the resilient Orioles.

Andino’s 10th-inning bunt attempt was the second time he was unable to advance runners, and some shoddy defense in the ninth contributed to a delayed — and undefended double steal — as Toronto tied the game on Yunel Escobar’s sacrifice fly.

“I know exactly what should have happened and didn’t happen and it won’t happen again, especially considering the people,” said Baltimore manager Buck Showalter when asked about the wacky bunt play.

Wieters homered for Baltimore, which has won seven of nine.

The Blue Jays have lost five of six.

“You’ve got to take it as it comes and analyze it and you’ve just got to suck it up and move on to tomorrow,” said Toronto’s Brett Lawrie. “There’s no sense in dwelling on it. You’ve got to come back tomorrow and keep playing.”

Lawrie’s sixth homer staked Toronto to a 3-0 lead in the second. After one-out walks to Edwin Encarnacion and Kelly Johnson, Lawrie ripped a 1-2 curveball from Jeremy Guthrie into the left-field stands.

Wieters’ two-run shot cut the lead to a run in the bottom of the inning. Vladimir Guerrero led off with a single and Wieters homered to center off Brett Cecil, his 15th.

Cecil’s throwing error in the fourth allowed Baltimore to tie the game at 3. Andino doubled with two down and came around on an infield single by Nolan Reimold after Cecil threw wildly past first base.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none down in the fifth, but squandered the opportunity. Encarnacion bounced into a 1-2-3 double play and Johnson flied out to center.

“There were several different opportunities to score, to do some things and the bottom line is we put ourselves in a position,” Wakamatsu said. “We talked about not giving up and going to the end.”

Guerrero’s RBI double in the bottom of the fifth put the Orioles ahead, scoring Adam Jones, who had drawn a one-out walk.

Cecil yielded four runs on eight hits over six innings, walking two and striking out four. Guthrie allowed three runs on six hits, walked two and struck out five.

Trying to protect a 4-3 lead in the ninth, Baltimore’s Kevin Gregg instead blew his fifth save in 24 chances. J.P. Arencibia led off with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Dewayne Wise. Mike McCoy walked on four pitches and, when the Orioles flubbed their wheel-play defense on Escobar’s bunt attempt, both runners moved up on an unconventional double steal, each benefiting from an unprotected base.

Escobar followed with a game-tying sacrifice fly to right.

NOTES: Baltimore snapped an eight-game losing streak in one-run games. … Toronto reliever Jon Rauch completed a 25-pitch simulated game Tuesday afternoon and appears close to rejoining the active roster. Rauch, who underwent an appendectomy August 16, will be re-evaluated Wednesday but is likely to be activated off the disabled list Thursday, according to Wakamatsu. … 1B Chris Davis, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, took 25 swings off a tee and participated in throwing drills at the Orioles complex in Sarasota, Fla., on Tuesday. … Orioles RHP Jason Berken’s wife Emily gave birth to a 5-lb., 12-oz. baby girl, Hadley Lane, on Tuesday afternoon. … In 27 starts this season, Guthrie has yet to win consecutive decisions. … Toronto right-hander Henderson Alvarez (0-2) faces Baltimore lefty Jo-Jo Reyes (7-10) on Wednesday.

BALTIMORE — Ryan Adams capped a two-run, 10th-inning rally with an RBI single and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Tuesday night.

Matt Wieters led off the Baltimore 10th by drawing a walk off Brian Tallet (0-2), who was trying for his first career save. Mark Reynolds walked and, after Robert Andino bunted a foul third strike, pinch hitter Jake Fox hit a game-tying single to right with Reynolds taking third.

Adams followed with a deep fly ball off the warning track beyond a drawn-in outfield.

The victory went to Willie Eyre (1-0), whose wild pitch in the top of the 10th had put the Blue Jays ahead 5-4.

The Blue Jays were without manager John Farrell, who is being treated for pneumonia in Toronto and is expected to miss the three-game series. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu ran the team in Farrell’s absence.

Wieters homered for Baltimore, which has won seven of nine.

The Blue Jays have lost five of six.

Brett Lawrie’s sixth homer staked Toronto to a 3-0 lead in the second. After one-out walks to Edwin Encarnacion and Kelly Johnson, Lawrie ripped a 1-2 curveball from Jeremy Guthrie into the left-field stands.

Wieters’ two-run shot cut the lead to a run in the bottom of the inning. Vladimir Guerrero led off with a single and Wieters homered to centre off Brett Cecil, his 15th.

Cecil’s throwing error in the fourth allowed Baltimore to tie the game at 3. Andino doubled with two down and came around on an infield single by Nolan Reimould after Cecil threw wildly past first base.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none down in the fifth, but squandered the opportunity. Encarnacion bounced into a 1-2-3 double play and Johnson flied out to centre.

Guerrero’s RBI double in the bottom of the fifth put the Orioles ahead, scoring Adam Jones, who had drawn a one-out walk.

Cecil yielded four runs on eight hits over six innings, walking two and striking out four. Guthrie allowed three runs on six hits, walked two and struck out five.

Trying to protect a 4-3 lead in the ninth, Baltimore’s Kevin Gregg, a former Blue Jays closer, instead blew his fifth save in 24 chances. J.P. Arencibia led off with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Dewayne Wise. Mike McCoy walked on four pitches and, when the Orioles flubbed their wheel-play defence on Escobar’s bunt attempt, both runners moved up on an unconventional double steal, each benefiting from an unprotected base.

Escobar followed with a game-tying sacrifice fly to right.

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BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles botched their bunt defence, muffed an infield pop fly for an error, twice failed to get bunts down successfully and blew a one-run lead in the ninth inning.

Yet one swing of rookie Ryan Adams’ bat erased their many miscues.

Adams capped a two-run, 10th-inning rally with an RBI single and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Tuesday night.

“It wasn’t looking good there for a minute, but we battled back,” said Adams.

Matt Wieters led off the Baltimore 10th by drawing a walk off Brian Tallet (0-2), who was trying for his first career save. Mark Reynolds walked and, after Robert Andino bunted a foul third strike, pinch hitter Jake Fox hit a game-tying single to right with Reynolds taking third.

Adams followed with a deep fly ball off the warning track in right-centre beyond a drawn-in outfield.

“In that situation, I was just trying to get the ball in the air,” Adams said. “They were playing (the outfield) in and I got a pitch up. Right away, I knew it was going to be deep enough to get him in.”

The victory went to Willie Eyre (1-0), whose wild pitch in the top of the 10th had put the Blue Jays ahead 5-4. That was the last in a long like of mental and physical mistakes that failed to undo the resilient Orioles.

Andino’s 10th-inning bunt attempt was the second time he was unable to advance runners, and some shoddy defence in the ninth contributed to a delayed — and undefended double steal — as Toronto tied the game on Yunel Escobar’s sacrifice fly.

“I know exactly what should have happened and didn’t happen and it won’t happen again, especially considering the people,” said Baltimore manager Buck Showalter when asked about the wacky bunt play.

The Blue Jays were without manager John Farrell, who is being treated for pneumonia in Toronto and is expected to miss the three-game series. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu ran the team in Farrell’s absence.

Toronto wanted to send Casey Janssen out for the 10th, but the right-hander came up with a tightness in a shoulder muscle, shelving him after a 13-pitch scoreless ninth.

“We’re going to evaluate him, see where he’s at,” said Wakamatsu, adding that he didn’t believe Janssen’s injury was serious.

That put Tallet into an unfamiliar role.

“Yeah, it was a pretty (bad) result, huh?” Tallet said. “It’s what happens when you don’t throw strikes early in the game, early when you get in there and let those guys get on base. Anything can happen and that’s what happened.”

Wieters homered for Baltimore, which has won seven of nine.

The Blue Jays have lost five of six.

“You’ve got to take it as it comes and analyze it and you’ve just got to suck it up and move on to tomorrow,” said Toronto’s Brett Lawrie. “There’s no sense in dwelling on it. You’ve got to come back tomorrow and keep playing.”

Lawrie’s sixth homer staked Toronto to a 3-0 lead in the second. After one-out walks to Edwin Encarnacion and Kelly Johnson, the native of Langley, B.C, ripped a 1-2 curveball from Jeremy Guthrie into the left-field stands.

Wieters’ two-run shot cut the lead to a run in the bottom of the inning. Vladimir Guerrero led off with a single and Wieters homered to centre off Brett Cecil, his 15th.

Cecil’s throwing error in the fourth allowed Baltimore to tie the game at 3. Andino doubled with two down and came around on an infield single by Nolan Reimold after Cecil threw wildly past first base.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none down in the fifth, but squandered the opportunity. Encarnacion bounced into a 1-2-3 double play and Johnson flied out to centre.

“There were several different opportunities to score, to do some things and the bottom line is we put ourselves in a position,” Wakamatsu said. “We talked about not giving up and going to the end.”

Guerrero’s RBI double in the bottom of the fifth put the Orioles ahead, scoring Adam Jones, who had drawn a one-out walk.

Cecil yielded four runs on eight hits over six innings, walking two and striking out four. Guthrie allowed three runs on six hits, walked two and struck out five.

Trying to protect a 4-3 lead in the ninth, Baltimore’s Kevin Gregg instead blew his fifth save in 24 chances. J.P. Arencibia led off with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Dewayne Wise. Mike McCoy walked on four pitches and, when the Orioles flubbed their wheel-play defence on Escobar’s bunt attempt, both runners moved up on an unconventional double steal, each benefiting from an unprotected base.

Escobar followed with a game-tying sacrifice fly to right.

.NOTES: Baltimore snapped an eight-game losing streak in one-run games. … Toronto reliever Jon Rauch completed a 25-pitch simulated game Tuesday afternoon and appears close to rejoining the active roster. Rauch, who underwent an appendectomy August 16, will be re-evaluated Wednesday but is likely to be activated off the disabled list Thursday, according to Wakamatsu. … 1B Chris Davis, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, took 25 swings off a tee and participated in throwing drills at the Orioles complex in Sarasota, Fla., on Tuesday. … Orioles RHP Jason Berken’s wife Emily gave birth to a 5-lb., 12-oz. baby girl, Hadley Lane, on Tuesday afternoon. … In 27 starts this season, Guthrie has yet to win consecutive decisions. … Toronto right-hander Henderson Alvarez (0-2) faces Baltimore lefty Jo-Jo Reyes (7-10) on Wednesday.

BALTIMORE Ryan Adams capped a two-run, 10th-inning rally with an RBI single and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Tuesday night.

Matt Wieters led off the Baltimore 10th by drawing a walk off Brian Tallet (0-2), who was trying for his first career save. Mark Reynolds walked and, after Robert Andino bunted a foul third strike, pinch-hitter Jake Fox hit a game-tying single to right with Reynolds taking third.

Adams followed with a deep fly ball off the warning track beyond a drawn-in outfield.

The victory went to Willie Eyre (1-0), whose wild pitch in the top of the 10th had put the Blue Jays ahead 5-4.

The Blue Jays were without manager John Farrell, who is being treated for pneumonia in Toronto and is expected to miss the three-game series. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu ran the team in Farrell’s absence.

Wieters homered for Baltimore, which has won seven of nine.

The Blue Jays have lost five of six.

Brett Lawrie’s sixth homer staked Toronto to a 3-0 lead in the second. After one-out walks to Edwin Encarnacion and Kelly Johnson, Lawrie ripped a 1-2 curveball from Jeremy Guthrie into the left-field stands.

Wieters’ two-run shot cut the lead to a run in the bottom of the inning. Vladimir Guerrero led off with a single and Wieters homered to centre off Brett Cecil, his 15th.

Cecil’s throwing error in the fourth allowed Baltimore to tie the game at 3. Andino doubled with two down and came around on an infield single by Nolan Reimold after Cecil threw wildly past first base.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none down in the fifth, but squandered the opportunity. Encarnacion bounced into a 1-2-3 double-play and Johnson flied out to centre.

Guerrero’s RBI double in the bottom of the fifth put the Orioles ahead, scoring Adam Jones, who had drawn a one-out walk.

Cecil yielded four runs on eight hits over six innings, walking two and striking out four. Guthrie allowed three runs on six hits, walked two and struck out five.

Trying to protect a 4-3 lead in the ninth, Baltimore’s Kevin Gregg, a former Blue Jays closer, instead blew his fifth save in 24 chances. J.P. Arencibia led off with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Dewayne Wise. Mike McCoy walked on four pitches and, when the Orioles flubbed their wheel-play defence on Escobar’s bunt attempt, both runners moved up on an unconventional double steal, each benefiting from an unprotected base.

Escobar followed with a game-tying sacrifice fly to right.

NOTES: Toronto reliever Jon Rauch completed a 25-pitch simulated game Tuesday afternoon and appears close to rejoining the active roster. Rauch, who underwent an appendectomy August 16, will be re-evaluated Wednesday but is likely to be activated off the disabled list Thursday, according to Wakamatsu. … 1B Chris Davis, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, took 25 swings off a tee and participated in throwing drills at the Orioles complex in Sarasota, Fla., on Tuesday. … Orioles RHP Jason Berken’s wife Emily gave birth to a 5-lb., 12-oz. baby girl, Hadley Lane, on Tuesday afternoon. … In 27 starts this season, Guthrie has yet to win consecutive decisions. … Toronto right-hander Henderson Alvarez (0-2) faces Baltimore lefty Jo-Jo Reyes (7-10) on Wednesday.

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Baltimore’s Matt Wieters, right, celebrates his home run with Vladimir Guerrero in the second inning Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

Brian Tallet didn’t mince words or make excuses. Called upon to record his first career save, the Toronto Blue Jays left-hander didn’t get the job done.

“Yeah, it was a pretty (bad) result, huh?” Tallet said after coughing up two 10th-inning runs in a 6-5 Baltimore Orioles victory over Toronto on Tuesday night. “It’s what happens when you don’t throw strikes early in the game, early when you get in there and let those guys get on base. Anything can happen and that’s what happened.”

The Blue Jays didn’t make the most of early offensive opportunities and, while they took advantage of numerous mistakes by the bumbling Orioles, they couldn’t put Baltimore away.

In the 10th, they ran into some old-fashioned bad luck, when right-hander Casey Janssen came up with a tight lat in his throwing shoulder and couldn’t return to the mound after dispatching the Orioles on 13 pitches in the ninth.

“We’re going to evaluate him, see where he’s at,” said acting Toronto manager Don Wakamatsu, adding that he didn’t believe Janssen’s injury was serious.

Wakamatsu was filling in for manager John Farrell, who remained in Toronto while being treated for pneumonia. Farrell is expected to miss the three-game series in Baltimore.

The Orioles botched their bunt defence, muffed an infield pop fly for an error, twice failed to get bunts down successfully and blew a one-run lead in the ninth inning. Yet one swing of rookie Ryan Adams’ bat erased their many miscues.

“It wasn’t looking good there for a minute, but we battled back,” said Adams, who capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the 10th with an RBI single.

Matt Wieters led off the Baltimore 10th by drawing a walk off Tallet (0-2). Mark Reynolds walked and, after Robert Andino bunted a foul third strike, pinch hitter Jake Fox hit a game-tying single to right with Reynolds taking third.

Adams followed with a deep fly ball off the warning track in right-centre beyond a drawn-in outfield.

“In that situation, I was just trying to get the ball in the air,” Adams said. “They were playing (the outfield) in and I got a pitch up. Right away, I knew it was going to be deep enough to get him in.”

The victory went to Willie Eyre (1-0), whose wild pitch in the top of the 10th had put the Blue Jays ahead 5-4. That was the last in a long line of mental and physical mistakes that failed to undo the resilient Orioles.

Andino’s 10th-inning bunt attempt was the second time he was unable to advance runners, and some shoddy defence in the ninth contributed to a delayed — and undefended double steal — as Toronto tied the game on Yunel Escobar’s sacrifice fly.

“I know exactly what should have happened and didn’t happen and it won’t happen again, especially considering the people,” said Baltimore manager Buck Showalter when asked about the wacky bunt play.

‘Take it as it comes’

Wieters homered for Baltimore, which has won seven of nine.

The Blue Jays have lost five of six.

“You’ve got to take it as it comes and analyze it and you’ve just got to suck it up and move on to tomorrow,” said Toronto’s Brett Lawrie. “There’s no sense in dwelling on it. You’ve got to come back tomorrow and keep playing.”

Lawrie’s sixth homer staked Toronto to a 3-0 lead in the second. After one-out walks to Edwin Encarnacion and Kelly Johnson, the native of Langley, B.C., ripped a 1-2 curveball from Jeremy Guthrie into the left-field stands.

Wieters’ two-run shot cut the lead to a run in the bottom of the inning. Vladimir Guerrero led off with a single and Wieters homered to centre off Brett Cecil, his 15th.

Cecil’s throwing error in the fourth allowed Baltimore to tie the game at 3. Andino doubled with two down and came around on an infield single by Nolan Reimold after Cecil threw wildly past first base.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none down in the fifth, but squandered the opportunity. Encarnacion bounced into a 1-2-3 double play and Johnson flied out to centre.

“There were several different opportunities to score, to do some things and the bottom line is we put ourselves in a position,” Wakamatsu said. “We talked about not giving up and going to the end.”

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Blue Jays manager John Farrell continues to be weakened by pneumonia and will not accompany his team for a three-game series in Baltimore that begins Tuesday.
Farrell left in the bottom of the ninth inning of Thursday’s 9-6 loss to the Kansas City Royals suffering from pain on his left side, below the rib cage. The first-year manager was taken to hospital and diagnosed with pneumonia.
Bench coach Don Wakamatsu will continue to manage the team in Farrell’s absence, while coaching assistant Luis Rivera fills Wakamatsu’s spot.
Farrell was checked by Blue Jays doctors at the stadium on Saturday and returned today. Wakamatsu said Farrell still felt “shaky,” so general manager Alex Anthopoulos told him to stay home through the Baltimore series.
The Blue Jays’ road trip continues with a three-game weekend series in New York against the Yankees. Toronto returns home to begin a four-game set against Boston on Sept. 5.

Eric Koreen 
Aug 29, 2011 – 6:21 PM ET

Posted in: NBA, Posted Sports 
Tags: AL East, Alex Anthopoulos, American League (MLB), Baltimore, Don Wakamatsu, John Farrell, New York, pneumonia, Tampa Bay, Toronto Blue Jays

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TORONTO — Blue Jays manager John Farrell continues to be weakened by pneumonia and will not accompany his team for a three-game series in Baltimore that begins Tuesday.

Farrell left in the bottom of the ninth inning of Thursday’s 9-6 loss to the Kansas City Royals suffering from pain on his left side, below the rib cage. The first-year manager was taken to hospital and diagnosed with pneumonia.

Bench coach Don Wakamatsu will continue to manage the team in Farrell’s absence, while coaching assistant Luis Rivera fills Wakamatsu’s spot.

Farrell was checked by Blue Jays doctors at the stadium on Saturday and returned today. Wakamatsu said Farrell still felt “shaky,” so general manager Alex Anthopoulos told him to stay home through the Baltimore series.

The Blue Jays’ road trip continues with a three-game weekend series in New York against the Yankees. Toronto returns home to begin a four-game set against Boston on Sept. 5.

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TORONTO — Brandon Morrow made his first pitch at 1:09 p.m., and by 1:10 p.m., that pitch had found safe harbour beyond the fence in left field, clearing the kind of flight path that suggested the Toronto Blue Jays starter would be in for a long afternoon.

It must have felt like a long afternoon, anyway, even though Morrow was pulled about 90 minutes into his start Sunday. The 27-year-old gave up a home run on his first pitch of the game and gave up two more before he left in the sixth inning, returning to the dugout for a few consoling pats on the back and almost certain defeat.

His opponent, David Price, was in the midst of a career game, setting a Tampa Bay Rays record with 14 strikeouts in a 12-0 win at Rogers Centre. Desmond Jennings hit a pair of home runs off Morrow to doom the Jays to their fourth straight loss, dropping the team’s record to below .500 (66-67) for the first time since July 26.

Price pitched seven scoreless innings for the win. The Blue Jays, meanwhile, struck out 18 times overall — tying a franchise record for the most in a nine-inning game — and lost for the third straight game without the supervision of manager John Farrell, who was forced to take another day off to deal with a case of walking pneumonia.

“Not a very good day, obviously,” said Blue Jays bench coach Don Wakamatsu.

It got worse for relief pitcher Wilfredo Ledezma, who was designated for assignment after the game. Ledezma allowed six runs in one inning of work on Sunday, helping to worsen the impact of Morrow’s shaky start.

Morrow had capped the night of his previous start sitting alone, quietly, at his stall in the Blue Jays clubhouse. He declined interview requests after allowing the last-place Kansas City Royals to beat him for six runs and 11 hits last Tuesday.

It was one of the worst starts of his career, with the 11 hits setting a career high — or low, depending on your perspective — and it was his third loss of the month. Morrow had only made four starts.

“Obviously, I haven’t been very good the last couple of times — and probably this whole month,” Morrow said Sunday. “You’ve got to make changes when things aren’t going that well, so I got a chance to (work on some things).”

There were signs of recovery after the opening-pitch debacle on Sunday. Johnny Damon grounded out, Evan Longoria flew out to right field and Ben Zobrist struck out looking to end the inning and provide a base of confidence upon which Morrow could build.

That base, such as it was, crumbled quickly.

Morrow issued a walk in the second inning, and that walk turned into a run when catcher John Jaso sent a double down the third-base line. Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia made a visit to the mound, patted his pitcher on the back and returned to the plate.

Morrow’s next pitch, to shortstop Sean Rodriguez, was a strike. The pitch after that one, though, landed on the second deck in left field.

And the Rays showed neither pity nor mercy. Rodriquez had barely returned to the bench when Jennings began his second home-run trot in as many innings, circling the bases after sending Morrow over the fence in left field for his team’s third homer of the game.

That gave the Rays a 5-0 lead, which seemed like four more runs than they would require with Price on the mound. The 26-year-old walked Mike McCoy to open the game, before striking out six of the next seven batters he faced.

Jose Bautista struck out swinging in the first and went down looking in the fourth. Yunel Escobar, Kelly Johnson and Arencibia went down swinging — or looking, in exasperation — in each of their first two meetings with Tampa Bay’s starter.

Price was relentless, pitching like he had a flight to catch.

“I saw the movement on my fastball, my two-seamer, so I wanted to continue to use it,” he told reporters. “The wind kept blowing and it was making my eyes watery all game. I knew it was blowing pretty good, and I just kept throwing it.”

“It was un-hittable,” said Jaso, the Rays catcher. “I would have hated to have been on their team, trying to hit.”

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TORONTO — The wind was blowing in David Price’s face all day, and the left-hander was blowing the ball past the Blue Jays.

Price struck out a club-record 14 and Desmond Jennings had the first two-homer game of his career as the Tampa Bay Rays hammered the Toronto Blue Jays 12-0 on Sunday.

Price said facing stiff winds made his two-seam fastball move more than it ever has.

“That wind blowing in my face did a lot for my two-seamer,” said Price, who is 9-1 in his career against the Blue Jays. “So I was having a lot of fun to be able to throw like that.”

Jennings had three runs batted in after he had an RBI single in the six-run ninth inning against Wil Ledezma, who after the game was designated for assignment. A corresponding move is to be made Monday.

Price (12-11) held the Blue Jays to three hits and two walks in seven innings. The 14 strikeouts equal the American League best this season also done by the Yankees’ CC Sabathia and Detroit ace Justin Verlander.

“I was out in left field, I was saying go for it,” Jennings said. “I was pretty bored out there. David was real good. It’s easy to play when he’s throwing the ball like that.”

The Rays (73-59) had a total of 18 strikeouts for the game, also a franchise record, as they have won the first three of the four-game series against the Blue Jays (66-67) who have lost four consecutive games to match a season high.

Jennings hit his home runs in the first two innings against Brandon Morrow (9-9) to give him eight for the season. Sean Rodriguez also hit a two-run homer against Morrow.

Morrow allowed six hits, three of them home runs, three walks and five runs in 5 1/3 innings. He had five strikeouts. The outing sent Morrow’s earned-run average up to 4.79.

Jennings homered to left on the first pitch of the game, a fastball. It was his first career homer leading off a game and the third for the Rays this season.

“I faced (Morrow) in spring training this year and I didn’t want to get behind because he’s good,” Jennings said. “He’s got good stuff. The first pitch I was trying to time his fastball. I wasn’t trying to hit a home run but I was just wanted to hit something hard.”

Jennings hit his second homer of the game and his eighth of the season in the second to put the Rays into a 5-0 lead.

It was the first multi-homer game of his career and the first by a Rays’ leadoff man since Rocco Baldelli hit two against the Yankees in New York on Sept. 14, 2006.

“It might be the first time I’ve ever homered twice in a game at any level,” Jennings said.

The Rays scored three runs in the second before Jennings’ second homer, two on the sixth homer of the season by Rodriguez and one on John Jaso’s double that scored B.J. Upton who had walked.

“I was having trouble getting my fastball to the outside edge to right-handers, everything just kept kind of going back, running arm side, and out over the plate,” Morrow said.

“I came back and got three outs after that. Other than the second inning I thought I pitched pretty well, had a chance to work on some things, threw a lot of good changeups.”

Meanwhile, Price had eight strikeouts in the first three innings and 10 after four. After five innings he already had equalled his previous career high of 12 strikeouts.

“The wind in my face was just pushing against the seams so it makes it move more,” Price said. “I’ve never had that much movement before so that’s pretty cool. After I walked (Mike) McCoy to start the first, it kind of put a fire under me.”

Price’s only inning without a strikeout was the sixth when he allowed his second walk and had two fly outs and a ground out.

“David had a really good fastball early on in that game and because of that everything else was working off of it,” Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “From where I was standing they really had a hard time catching up the velocity early. And then he started mixing in the other stuff with good command. That’s why he did what he did today because he was really, really good.”

“You have to tip your hat to Price. I thought he was awfully tough,” said Blue Jays acting manager Don Wakamatsu. “I thought he got ahead right away with a lot of hitters and did a nice job with that backdoor cutter on a lot of our hitters.

“Playing this club and losing the first two and getting down 5-0, I think all of a sudden you start seeing guys trying to do more than they need to do. No one wants to have to go through that.”

The Rays’ lead increased to 6-0 in the seventh against left-hander Rommie Lewis. After Ben Zobrist walked and Casey Kotchman was ruled to have been hit by a pitch for the second time in the game, Matt Joyce singled to right where charging Jose Bautista had the ball kick away from him. The error allowed Zobrist to score and the other runners to move up a base.

TORONTO (AP) — David Price struck out a franchise-record 14 in seven dominant innings, Desmond Jennings hit a pair of solo home runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-0 on Sunday.

Price (12-11) broke the team mark for strikeouts shared by Scott Kazmir and James Shields.

Relievers Brandon Gomes and Cesar Ramos each struck out two.

Jennings homered on the first pitch of the game from Brandon Morrow (9-9) and got a career-high four hits. He drove in three runs, scored three, drew a walk and also stole a base from the leadoff spot.

Sean Rodriguez added a two-run homer and Matt Joyce doubled twice during a six-run ninth as the Rays improved to an AL-best 20-9 since July 28.

Price improved to 9-1 with a 1.99 ERA in 11 career starts against Toronto. The Blue Jays lost their fourth straight overall.

At Minneapolis, Luke Hughes hit two home runs to help the Minnesota Twins take out their hitting frustration on Brad Penny and the Detroit Tigers, ending a seven-game losing streak.

Hughes drove in five runs for the first time in his career, backing Brian Duensing (9-13) and sparking the Twins to just their fourth win against the Tigers in their last 19 meetings.

Penny (9-10) gave up eight hits, seven runs and two walks in five innings. He struck out five.

At Baltimore, rookie Zach Britton allowed four hits over seven innings, and the Baltimore Orioles extended their winning streak to a season-high six games by defeating the New York Yankees in the opener of a split doubleheader.

The Orioles had not won six in a row since April 2008.

The game was scoreless until the seventh, when Nick Markakis doubled and Vladimir Guerrero singled.

It was Deter Jeter’s 2,402nd game with New York, breaking a tie with Mickey Mantle for most in a Yankees uniform. Jeter went 0 for 4 as the designated hitter.

Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano went 0 for 3, ending his 17-game hitting streak.

Britton (8-9) allowed four singles, struck out five and walked one before being pulled after throwing a career-high 120 pitches. Jim Johnson pitched a perfect eighth inning and Kevin Gregg worked the ninth for his 19th save.

Bartolo Colon (8-9) has lost his last three starts.

At Seattle, Dayan Viciedo made a sudden impact in his return to the majors, hitting a three-run homer in his season debut as the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners.

Tyler Flowers connected for his first career grand slam, helping Gavin Floyd (12-10) cruise to victory.

Viciedo was called up from Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday when the White Sox placed outfielder Carlos Quentin on the 15-day disabled list.

The newly promoted right fielder singled in his first at-bat, then homered over the right-center field fence off Jason Vargas (7-12) the next time up.

At Cleveland, Bruce Chen overcame a shaky first inning to win his career-high fifth straight start and led the Kansas City Royals over the Cleveland Indians.

Chen (10-5) allowed the first four batters of the game to reach base and walked Carlos Santana with the bases loaded to force in Cleveland’s only run. The left-hander, who allowed five hits in 7 1-3 innings, is 4-0 in his last five starts against the Indians.

Mike Moustakas’ RBI single broke a 1-1 tie in the third for the Royals, who held on to win after losing late leads in the first two games of the series.

Joakim Soria pitched a perfect ninth for his 24th save.

Justin Masterson (10-8) allowed two runs in six innings and lost for the first time since July 24.

Brandon Morrow will be glad to see the end of August. It’s been a miserable month for the Toronto right-hander.
David Price struck out a franchise-record 14 in seven dominant innings, Desmond Jennings hit a pair of solo home runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Blue Jays 12-0 on Sunday, handing Morrow his fourth loss in five August starts.
“Obviously I haven’t been very good the last couple of times and probably this whole month,” Morrow said.
Morrow (9-9) allowed five runs and six hits, including three home runs, in 5 1-3 innings. The right-hander has given up five homers in his past 10 innings.
“When he tried to step on it a bit and gain some velocity early, he just came out of his delivery a little bit and left a lot of balls up,” Toronto bench coach Don Wakamatsu said.
The Blue Jays lost their fourth straight. They finished with five hits.
Jennings homered on Morrow’s first pitch of the game and got a career-high four hits. He drove in three runs, scored three, drew a walk and also stole a base from the leadoff spot.
Tampa Bay added four more in the second on catcher John Jaso’s RBI double and back-to-back homers, a two-run blast from Sean Rodriguez and another solo drive by Jennings.
“I left a curveball up to Jaso and then following that it was two fastballs that came back over and missed my spot by a couple of feet,” Morrow said. “I was having trouble getting my fastball to the outside edge to right-handers.”
There were no such problems for Price (12-11), who broke the Rays’ team mark for strikeouts shared by Scott Kazmir and James Shields. The lefty improved to 9-1 with a 1.99 ERA in 11 career starts against Toronto.
“Hitting is hard enough already,” Jaso said. “What David brought today made it pretty much impossible.”
It wasn’t just Price’s stuff, but a stiff wind blowing out to center field that made him so effective, giving his fastball extraordinary movement.
“I’ve never had that much movement before, so it was pretty cool,” Price said. “The wind kept blowing and it was making my eyes watery all game. I knew it was blowing pretty good and I just kept throwing it.”
Jaso and Price felt strong gusts pushing them as they walked in from the bullpen beforehand, but didn’t know how helpful the wind would be until the game began, and Price’s two-seamer started drifting.
“It looks like a strike right out of his hand and then it’s just fading off the plate,” Jaso explained. “It was moving about three feet. Once they start to swing on his fastball, they can’t hold it back.”
Price allowed only three singles and walked two. His first seven outs all came by a strikeout, with two hits mixed in during that span.
“He’s got great movement,” Wakamatsu said. “You can get down in the count right away.”
Rays pitchers set a team mark by fanning 18 batters overall. Reliever Brandon Gomes struck out two in 1 1-3 innings and Cesar Ramos struck out two to end it.
“It’s fun to catch when you’ve got something like that going,” Jaso said.
Price quickly matched his career high, striking out 12 through five innings. The left-hander didn’t fan anyone in the sixth, but finished his outing with two more strikeouts in the seventh, matching and then passing Kazmir (2007) and Shields (2011) for the Rays’ record.
Price didn’t give his defense much to do in the first three innings. He did allow a pair of baserunners over that span: Mike McCoy led off the first with a walk and Jose Molina hit a two-out single in the second. Neither runner advanced.
McCoy was the first batter to make an out on a batted ball when he grounded to second in the third. McCoy, who walked again in the sixth, was the only Blue Jays batter not to strike out against Price.
Toronto’s 18 strikeouts were a season high, two more than it had in a 3-1 road loss to the Los Angeles Angels on April 10. The franchise record is 19, set twice previously, both times in extra-inning games.
Jennings put Tampa Bay ahead right away, connecting against Morrow for the first leadoff home run of his career.
“It’s an early run and gets the team up and the pitcher, especially David, he doesn’t need many runs,” Jennings said.
Matt Joyce doubled twice during a six-run ninth as the Rays improved to an AL-best 20-9 since July 28.
NOTES: Toronto LHP Wil Ledezma was designated for assignment after allowing six runs in the ninth. … Blue Jays manager John Farrell (pneumonia) missed his third straight game, with Wakamatsu continuing to run the team. … Rays RHP Kyle Farnsworth (elbow) was available after missing the previous four games. … Toronto 1B Adam Lind, mired in a 3-for-21 slump, was held out of the starting lineup. … Blue Jays RHP Jon Rauch (appendectomy) threw a bullpen session before the game, his second in three days. … Toronto OF Rajai Davis (torn left hamstring) has begun jogging and taking batting practice at the team’s minor league complex in Florida and could return before the end of the season. … Tampa Bay RHP Wade Davis (8-7) faces Blue Jays LHP Ricky Romero (12-9) in Monday’s series finale.