Blue Jays blow late lead, fall to Orioles for 5th loss in 6 games

Ryan Mountcastle scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning when third baseman Matt Chapman's throw hit him in the back on Austin Hays's grounder, and the visiting Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Saturday to become the second team to reach 30 wins.

George Springer hit a two-run home run and Danny Jansen hit a solo homer for the Blue Jays.

Toronto has lost three straight and five of six since sweeping a three-game series against Atlanta last weekend. The Blue Jays, who lost three of four to the Yankees earlier this week, lost consecutive series for the first time this season.

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Mountcastle started the 10th on second as the automatic runner and advanced when Adam Frazier sacrificed against Yimi Garcia (1-1). Hays hit a two-hopper that Chapman backhanded and fired home. The ball bounced away from Jansen at the plate and was scored a fielder's choice.

Romano's blown save was his third in 13 chances.

Coming off his first career loss, Baltimore rookie right-hander Grayson Rodriguez allowed two runs and four hits in five innings.

After working almost exclusively with catcher Alejandro Kirk since the start of the 2022 season, struggling Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah was paired with Jansen.

Manoah walked a career-worst seven and allowed five earned runs in his previous start, a May 15 loss to the Yankees, but gave up two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.

Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker came to the mound after Anthony Santander's one-out single in the sixth. Manoah hit Mountcastle with an 0-2 fastball, then