{"id":42432,"date":"2025-03-19T07:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=42432"},"modified":"2025-03-19T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:20:20","slug":"final-mountcastle-powers-orioles-to-8-2-win-over-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=42432","title":{"rendered":"FINAL: Mountcastle powers Orioles to 8-2 win over Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/67da123ebb689b7aee88642djpeg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216&amp;sig=qgnzWGxySp3GT714NGw8ww\" alt=\"Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette slides safe at home plate to score a run against the New York Yankees during third inning Grapefruit League MLB baseball action in Dunedin Fla., Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SARASOTA, Fla. \u2014 Ryan Mountcastle hit two home runs, drove in four runs and led the Baltimore Orioles to an 8-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in exhibition baseball action at Ed Smith Stadium on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<section class=\"story-v2-content-element article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<div class=\"story-v2-content-element-inline\">\n<p>The 28-year-old Mountcastle, who was born in Winter Springs, Fla. \u2014 230 km from the Orioles spring training home in Sarasota \u2014 hit a three-run homer in the third inning off of Jays starter Eric Lauer, then hit a solo shot in the seventh off of reliever Justin Bruihl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"story-v2-content-element article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<div class=\"story-v2-content-element-inline\">\n<p>The Orioles, who will be the Blue Jays\u2019 opponent on March 27 for the home opener in Toronto, outhit the Canadian crew 10-4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"story-v2-content-element article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<div class=\"story-v2-content-element-inline\">\n<p>Cedric Mullins (second inning) and Ryan O\u2019Hearn (third inning) each hit home runs to give the Orioles an early 2-0 lead before Mountcastle made it 5-0 on a third inning line drive to left field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"story-v2-content-element article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<div class=\"story-v2-content-element-inline\">\n<p>Jordan Westburg and Tyler O\u2019Neill had RBI-singles in the fourth to put Baltimore up 7-0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"story-v2-content-element article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<div class=\"story-v2-content-element-inline\">\n<p>Bo Bichette hit a home run in the sixth for the Blue Jays and Leo Jimenez had an RBI single an inning later to make it 7-2.<\/p>\n<p>Mountcastle\u2019s second home run of the game in the bottom of the seventh made it 8-2.Lauer pitched three innings for the Jays, giving up four hits, five runs, three home runs and two walks.<\/p>\n<p>He struck out three. Ryan Yarbrough pitched 1 1\/3 innings and gave up four hits, two runs and a walk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"story-v2-content-element article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<div class=\"story-v2-content-element-inline\">\n<p>Cade Povich pitched five inning of no-hit ball for the Orioles, striking out six and walking three.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"story-v2-content-element article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<div class=\"story-v2-content-element-inline\">\n<p>The Jays have Wednesday off and play the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"story-v2-content-element article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<div class=\"story-v2-content-element-inline\">\n<div class=\"embedded-video jw-qortex-target\" data-aqa=\"embed-video\">\n<div id=\"player-LIiBXqbO\" class=\"jwplayer jw-reset jw-state-idle jw-stretch-uniform jw-flag-aspect-mode jw-breakpoint-4 jw-floating-dismissible jw-keep-thumbnail\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Video Player - 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