It’s official: The Mountain is back.
Félix Bautista made his much-anticipated return to the mound this afternoon in Toronto, striking out the side in a scoreless ninth inning to wrap up a 9-5 win. Before that, the O’s smacked three more home runs and overturned a fourth-inning deficit thanks to a Ramón Urías three-run double, putting them in position to win the series in tomorrow’s finale.
Hall of Fame-bound right-hander Max Scherzer was making his Blue Jays debut, but consider Colton Cowser unimpressed. The leadoff man lifted a 417-foot dinger to center field, and just two pitches into the game, the Orioles had a 1-0 lead.