Orioles make curious bit of MLB history in blowout vs. Blue Jays

BALTIMORE — It took eight innings and the appearance of a position player on the mound, but the Baltimore Orioles made a curious bit of history on Tuesday afternoon: They tied a major league record by recording five sacrifice flies in a game.

And, on a 97-degree day when the ball was jumping and the Toronto Blue Jays offered up a bullpen game in the opener of a split doubleheader, Baltimore became the first team with four home runs and five sacrifice flies in a single game, coming in a 16-4 throttling of the best team in the American League.

They tied three other teams in recording five sacrifice flies, and the safety parade began early: Tyler O’Neill and Cedric Mullins each cashed in runs on fly balls in the first inning.

Ramon Urias and Mullins repeated the feat in the third inning off Blue Jays starter Easton Lucas, giving them five innings to break the mark.

Trouble is, the deep fly balls they hit kept going over the fence.

O’Neill homered in his fourth consecutive game, Gunnar Henderson clouted another three-run shot, Urias hit a pair out of the yard.

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