Ricky Romero pitched into the ninth inning and was rolling along with the greatest of ease with 12 Ks and a 3 hit shutout until he walked 2 of his 4 batters in the ninth and left the game and Frank Francisco came in to earn the save but still gave up a hit to Matt Wieters and the only run Ricky Romero allowed even though Francisco earned his 6 save of the season. While Orioles starter Jake Arrieta gave up 5 hits going into the sixth inning with a walk and had 5 Ks but it was his 5 pitch of the game was the single pitch he would like to have back as Yunel Escobar hit his 8th homer of the season to open the game right and the Jays had a 1-0 lead and it stayed that way until the bottom of the sixth when Juan Rivera hit his 5th homer to double the Jays lead to 2-0. In the bottom of the seventh inning Jake Arrieta gave up a walk to Jose Bautista with 2 outs before Clay Rapada came in and faced Adam Lind sent a laser into the outfield seats to make it 4-0 and the Jays won 4-1 behind an amazing outing by Ricky Romero who equaled his career high in strike outs with 12.
Ricky Romero showed the rest of the starting rotation how to be a dominating pitcher and this is nothing new as he has pitched into the 7 inning in his last seven straight starts and he only given up more than 3 runs once during the streak when the Jays were in Baltimore when he gave up 5 runs. This streak began right after 3.1 innings and 6 runs on 5 hits during the game that Justin Verlander no hit the Jays.
Zack Steward gets his major league debut as the Jays go for the sweep
Tom Mehegan
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