O’Neill’s three-run homer helps Orioles rout Jays
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Canadian outfielder Tyler O'Neill hit a three-run homer as part of Baltimore's seven-run second inning as the Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-8 in spring training action Thursday.
SARASOTA – Canadian outfielder Tyler O’Neill hit a three-run homer as part of Baltimore’s seven-run second inning as the Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-8 in spring training action Thursday.
O’Neill, from Maple Ridge, B.C., put the Orioles up 7-0 when he homered with two outs and Adley Rutschman and Cedric Mullins on base.
O’Neill signed a three-year, US$49.5 million contract with Baltimore in December after hitting 31 homers with the Boston Red Sox last season.
It was Baltimore’s second home run of the inning after Ramón Urías’s two-run shot put the Orioles up 3-0.
Baltimore’s other runs came from a Ramón Laureano RBI double and a Mullins run-scoring single.
The Orioles added two runs in the sixth on a Jeremiah Jackson RBI single and a Luis Vazquez sacrifice fly. Samuel Basallo thumped Baltimore’s third homer of the day with a solo shot in the seventh inning and Vazquez drove in another run with a single in the eighth.
The Blue Jays scored three runs in the ninth on a Charles McAdoo homer to make the score look respectable.
Toronto scored four runs in the fourth as Orelvis Martinez and Myles Straw hit back-to-back two-run singles. Raniner Nunez scored on a throwing error in the eighth.
