TORONTO (AP) Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Justin Turner singled off Craig Kimbrel (0-2) to begin the ninth, his third hit of the game.
Cavan Biggio ran for Turner and advanced to second base on Kimbrelās errant pickoff throw. He moved to third on a flyball and scored on Kiner-Falefaās base hit to right field.
āIt was a really cool moment for me, and my first real cool moment as a Blue Jay,ā Kiner-Falefa said.
Kiner-Falefa had two hits and two RBIs as Toronto won in its last at-bat for the second time this season, and the second time this homestand.
āIt feels good to come out with a W,ā Kiner-Falefa said. āHopefully itās a little momentum shift and we keep things rolling.ā
The Blue Jays beat Pittsburgh 5-3 in 14 innings last Friday, ending it with a home run by Davis Schneider.
Kimbrel hadnāt allowed a run since May 8 against Washington, but was left frustrated by his costly miscue.
āI yanked it, threw the ball away and kind of made it a lot easier on them,ā Kimbrel said.
The Orioles are 6-9 in one-run games.
Toronto bounced back after losing the first two games of the series by a combined score of 17-3.
āIt feels good to move on from the last two,ā Blue Jays manager John Schneider said.
Yimi GarcĆa (2-0) struck out a pair in one inning of work to earn the win as the Blue Jays posted their 11th comeback victory.
āYimi GarcĆa might be the best reliever in the game right now, the way heās throwing the baseball,ā Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said.
Anthony Santander hit his 12th homer of the season for the Orioles, opening the scoring with a 436-foot leadoff homer in the second. The second-deck drive came off Blue Jays right-hander JosĆ© BerrĆos.
Later in the inning, RamĆ³n UrĆas drove in Cedric Mullins with a two-out double.
āBerrĆos is a really tough starter,ā Hyde said. āIt was nice to get a couple of runs off him early. We just couldnāt get anything going after that.ā
Toronto tied in the bottom half. George Springer drew a leadoff walk, advanced to third on Turnerās double and scored on Alejandro Kirkās sacrifice fly. Kiner-Falefa followed with an RBI single.
āGetting those two runs back I think gave us a little life,ā Kiner-Falefa said. āIt just kept us in the fight. If we donāt score that, weāre pretty deflated after the first two games.ā
Orioles right-hander Albert SuƔrez allowed two runs and five hits in five innings in his sixth start of the season. He walked one and struck out four.
BerrĆos allowed two runs and six hits in six innings. He matched a season-high with three walks and struck out two.
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Blue Jays LHP Yusei Kikuchi (2-5, 3.66 ERA) will try to snap a seven-start winless streak in Thursdayās series finale. Hyde said the Orioles will promote LHP Cade Povich from Triple-A to make his major league debut. Povich was 5-1 with a 3.18 ERA in 11 starts at Norfolk.
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