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Poor cutter command chases Gallardo in 5th

"He didn't have command of his cutter today. That was a challenge for him," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "You know, he was very close to getting out of that inning. He wiggled his way out of trouble [earlier]. It's a tough lineup. They're in a good place right now, and we will [be] again, but most of the game was [Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ]."

Gallardo escapes early jam
Yovani Gallardo gets Russell Martin swinging for strike three, leaving the bases loaded in the 1st inning

Gallardo, who was able to get out of the first inning despite a bases-loaded jam, wasn't nearly as successful in the fifth.