Oriols 4
tiles 2
Keegan Akin allowed a run in five innings and won consecutive openings for the first time, Ramon Uries connected a double in the sixth inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Tiles 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Akin (2-8) allowed two hits, walked three and poncho five. The sophomore lefted a seven-inning run in a win over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday for their first win of the season.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Danny Jansen connected on solitary home runs for the Tiles, who saw their streak of three straight wins interrupted.
Toronto placed runners in first and second with two outs in the seventh, but Tyler Wells replaced Jorge Lopez and got Guerrero to line up on the first throw.
Wells worked an inning and a third and Cole Sulser finished in ninth for his sixth save on eight occasions.
Baltimore didn’t get a hit in five innings against Hyun Jin Ryu, but chased him in the sixth. The left-back lost for the first time in seven games in his career against the Orioles.
Ryu (12-8) went 4-0 with a 2.95 ERA against Baltimore, including 3-0 in three openers this season. He allowed three runs and three hits in five innings and two-thirds.
Ryu walked two of the first four batters he faced, but struck out Uries to end up unscathed in the first.
This was the first in a streak of 15 consecutive outs for Ryu, who didn’t allow a hit until Ryan Mountcastle doubled just inside the free-kick line in right field with two outs in the sixth.
Hays followed with a simple producer through the middle who overlooked second baseman Marcus Semien. Anthony Santander walked and Uries finished Ryu out with a two-run double.
Guerrero reduced it to 3-2 with an opening home run against Lopez in the sixth, 39th of the season and third in two games. Baltimore restored the two-run lead in the seventh when Jahmai Jones connected a single producer in front of Adam Cimber.
Polanco and Luciano agree with Azulejos
Toronto signed right-back Elvis Luciano and gardener Gregory Polanco with minor league contracts. The Tiles released Luciano last week. Pittsburgh released Polanco last Saturday.