Playoff-hungry Orioles turn triple play and rally in 9th inning to beat Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano blew a save opportunity for only the fifth time this season, allowing three ninth-inning runs in a 5-4 loss to the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.

Solo shots from Danny Jansen and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., combined with a solid showing from starter Alek Manoah, had the home side in front 3-2 and on the verge of a sweep.

But Romano (5-4) loaded the bases after a pair of singles and a walk with none out. Rookie Adley Rutschman then singled to left to score two. Jesus Aguilar knocked in another with a base hit.

Jansen's two-out blast for his 13th round-tripper in 2022 came in the fourth after the Orioles (76-69) tied the game in the top of the inning.

Guerrero hit a towering blast for his 29th in the seventh inning. He already extended his hit streak to 12 games with a fifth-inning double.

An RBI double to centre-field from George Springer pulled the Blue Jays to within a run in the ninth, but Bo Bichette grounded out to third to end the game.

The loss left the Blue Jays (83-64) with a 13-5 record in September and 15 games remaining in the regular season.

Orioles reliever Joey Krehbiel (5-4) recorded the win for Baltimore.

In his 98-pitch performance, before 41,311 fans at Rogers Centre, Manoah lasted six innings with four walks and five strikeouts, surrendering a run on four hits for the Blue Jays' seventh sweep this year.

Toronto reliever Adam Cimber gave up a one-out solo homer to left from Aguilar in the eighth inning to close the gap to 3-2.

The Blue Jays snatched a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Orioles starter Dean Kremer hit Springer on the left elbow, the opposite elbow that kept him from earlier this summer's lineup. He advanced to second when Guerrero walked and scored on