TORONTO (AP) — Jordan Westburg hit two solo homers for his first career multihomer game, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 on Saturday.
Colton Cowser also connected for Baltimore, and Ramón UrÃas hit a three-run double. The Orioles finished with 12 hits after they had three in .
Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer .
Scherzer allowed two runs and three hits, including two solo drives in the first. He threw 45 pitches, 28 for strikes.
Cowser put Scherzer in an early hole with a 417-foot shot to center on the second pitch of the game. Westburg added a two-out drive.
Westburg went deep again in the seventh, a 402-foot shot off Chad Green.
Westburg finished with four hits and scored three times. He also connected for a solo shot on Thursday on opening day.
Orioles right-hander Dean Kremer (1-0) allowed five runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked two.
Andrés Giménez hit a two-run drive off Kremer in the third, his second. Giménez is the only Blue Jays batter to hit a home run through three games.
Blue Jays infielder Bo Bichette went 4 for 4 with a walk. He doubled twice and scored twice.
Key moment
Baltimore erased a 4-2 deficit by scoring four times after Richard Lovelady (0-1) replaced Scherzer in the fourth. Gary Sánchez hit a sacrifice fly and UrÃas cleared the bases with a two-out double to right.
Key stat
Westburg’s first-inning blast traveled 434 feet for the longest homer of his career.
Up next
Japanese right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano is scheduled to make his big league debut for Baltimore in Sunday’s series finale. Right-hander Chris Bassitt starts for Toronto.
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AP MLB:
Ian Harison, The Associated Press
