July 30, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; Toronto Blue Jays, Nathan Lukes (38) Toronto, turns the bases after his three points at home during the seventh round against Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park in Camden Yards. Mandatory credit: Mitch Strunger-Imagn images Nathan Lukes crowned a seventh round of five points with a three-point home run to help the Blue Jays de Toronto get back from the Baltimore Orioles host and take a sequence of four four-game losses, winning 9-8 to avoid standard scan on Wednesday afternoon.
Myles Straw dominated, rolled in three points and accumulated three strokes for the Blue Jays, who had left three games to the Orioles in the previous two days. Joey Loperfido won three shots, and Ernie Clement and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each added two strokes.
Bo Bichette put the Blue Jays forward with a single two points in the seventh before Lukes went to the plate three strikers later. Lukes delivered his ninth home run of the season for an advance of 9-5.
Mason Fluharty (4-2) withdrew three strikers in a laundering relief round and won the victory.
Ryan O’Hearn and Jordan Westburg struck two points for the Orioles, which could not protect an advance of 5-3 after five rounds.
Cedric Mullins, Jackson Holliday, Gunnar Henderson and Westburg all had two strokes. Yennier Cano (1-6) was accused of all seventh rounds.
The Orioles displayed three points in the seventh to close the scoring at 9-8 and load the bases with an outing before Braydon Fisher in Toronto was called from the enclosures of the Lights and withdrew Cedric Mullins and Ramon Laureano to develop the uprising. Seathony Dominguez presented an eighth perfect per day after his Baltimore exchange, and Jeff Hoffman worked the ninth for his 25th judgment.
The Orioles scored three points during the first round, starting with the sacrificial fly of Adley Rutschman. O’Hearn followed with a two -point circuit for his 13th long ball of the season.
Straw two points from Straw came in the second round, while Guerrero’s single score shot the Blue Jays even in the fifth at 3-3. Westburg struck a starting explosion at the bottom of the round.
The sixth round of Straw cut the gap at 5-4. The Toronto rally ended when Mullins, the central field player, stolen Ali Sanchez with a jump to the wall with straw to the second goal.
Leaving Baltimore, Dean Kremer, granted three points in five rounds. The start of the Blue Josys Jose Berrios granted five points, with two of them won, in 4 1/3 rounds.
Toronto went 4-4 during a road trip of eight games.
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Oh sure, lets all celebrate beating the ORIOLES like its the world series or something. Real impressive guys. Call me when we actually beat a team that matters lol.
Everyone saying Lukes is the answer clearly didnt watch the same game I did. He got lucky on a hanging curveball that shouldve been crushed foul. The real story here is how bad our pitching staff looked again giving up 6 runs to one of the worst offenses in baseball. But yeah lets focus on one lucky swing instead of the real problems.
Are we really gonna pretend like ONE homer makes up for how terrible this teams been playing lately?? The Orioles practicaly gave us this game and we barely scraped by. Wake up people.
So the Blue Jays “gather” to defeat the Orioles? Did they have a team meeting first? Maybe a group hug? A potluck dinner perhaps? Because gathering is definitely what I think of when I watch baseball games. Very inspiring stuff.
Wow what a game!! Lukes really came through when it mattered most. The Jays needed that win bad and he deliverd big time. This team is finally starting to click together!
Lets goooo!! Finally some good news. Lukes been waiting for his moment and he seized it. Team effort all around today!
For those wondering Lukes is batting .247 this season with 8 homeruns now. He’s been getting more playing time since Springer went on the IL last week. The Blue Jays are now 3 games back from the wildcard spot with this win.
Nathan Lukes hitting a clutch homer? What year is this??? 😂 Next your gonna tell me the Jays bullpen didnt blow a lead in the 8th inning oh wait…
Why is Lukes even on this roster?? There are better players in triple A right now who deserve the spot more than him. One homer doesnt change the fact hes been a liability all season long. Management needs to make some real changes if we want any chance at playoffs.