Outcome: W
Score: 7-0
Streak: W2
Record: 22-54
Rank: 7th
GB: 25
This game was maybe a little tighter than the final score would lead you to believe. The Orioles got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the third on a Fred Lynn solo home run and a Larry Sheets sacrifice fly. But for a while that was all the runs they had. Meanwhile Jay Tibbs was pitching for the Orioles and he was doing OK until he loaded the bases with two out in the top of the sixth with two walks and single. Mark Thurmond came on in relief to get the third out of the inning and end Toronto's most serious threat of the evening.
The Orioles blew the game open in the seventh. With one out Bill Ripken doubled and Pete Stanicek walked. Toronto manager Jimy Williams went to the bullpen and brought in David Wells to replace starter Jim Clancy. Lynn then doubled to clear the bases. Wells intentionally walked Cal Ripken to set up a force play on Eddie Murray. But Murray made Toronto pay by launching a three run home run, his eleventh homer of the year. That made the score 7-0 and that's how it ended.
This was only the second shutout victory the Orioles had had this season and the first one since their opening losing streak busting win against the White Sox almost two months to the day earlier.
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