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 Kimbrelā€™s errant pickoff throw. He moved to third on a flyball and scored on Kiner-Falefaā€™s base hit to right field.

ā€œIt 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.

ā€œIt feels good to come out with a W,ā€ Kiner-Falefa said. ā€œHopefully itā€™s 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 hadnā€™t allowed a run since May 8 against Washington, but was left frustrated by his costly miscue.

ā€œI 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.

ā€œIt 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.

ā€œYimi GarcĆ­a might be the best reliever in the game right now, the way heā€™s 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 JosƩ Berrƭos.

Later in the inning, RamĆ³n UrĆ­as drove in Cedric Mullins with a two-out double.

ā€œBerrĆ­os is a really tough starter,ā€ Hyde said. ā€œIt was nice to get a couple of runs off him early. We just couldnā€™t get anything going after that.ā€

Toronto tied in the bottom half. George Springer drew a leadoff walk, advanced to third on Turnerā€™s double and scored on Alejandro Kirkā€™s sacrifice fly. Kiner-Falefa followed with an RBI single.

ā€œGetting those two runs back I think gave us a little life,ā€ Kiner-Falefa said. ā€œIt just kept us in the fight. If we donā€™t score that, weā€™re 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 Thursdayā€™s 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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