BLUE JAYS vs. ORIOLES: Official Full Game Highlights (September 21) | 2026 MLB Season

Thanks for sticking around. Our rain delay is nearly over as the Orioles and Blue Jays are getting ready to go to begin a three-game series, the final three home games of the 2026 season. Shane Boz will make his 31st start of the year for the Orioles. And this is as notable as any, because the last time out, Shane got drilled right on the point of the right elbow by a Bo Bichette line drive. And it really numbed him up. But he is good to make the start, Ben, just six days later. Today's game will start with Shane Boz and Brett Bateman. That's a violation. Took too long. Yeah. Absolutely. Oh, wow. So that's a ball. And that's ball four. And now Bateman's at first with Kirk coming up. He's going. And it is a throw down to second. It's ball four. So a lot going on. It was called ball four, although there appeared to be uncertainty at the plate, both for Kirk and Basayo. And then they appealed down to first, whether it was a swing. And the first base umpire, Mark Wegner, said no. Everybody's unhappy already. So it's first and second, nobody out. And here's Nathan Lucas hitting in the three spot for the second time in a row. And he lines it into left for a base hit. Bateman is racing around third and into score. And it's one to nothing. Blue Jays early. How about that for a number three hitter? First and second for Toronto. George Springer the batter. And now George Springer gets into one. Hits it in the left center. It's down for a base hit. Kirk around third and on his way in. Lucas to third. An RBI single for Springer. It is two to nothing. So walk, walk, single, single. Two to nothing Blue Jays. Hot right out of the gate here tonight in Baltimore. The batter now is Sean Keyes. And he hits one to right field. Overcomes Hines to make the catch. Here comes Lucas. And he's into score. It's a sacrifice fly for Keyes. And it's three to nothing. Here comes Kazuma Okamoto. Okamoto lines one to center field. And that's going to drop. The hits keep on coming. Springer up to second. Now the Blue Jays are off to quite a good start here tonight in the first inning. Lined out to right field. Sinking quickly. Hines on the move. Goes into the slide. Makes the grab. Pops up. Throws to second. Retreating quickly. Springer back to the bag in time to beat the play. A nice job by Reese Hines. Racing forward. Went into a feet first slide and somehow corralled that ball. A much needed second out. Andres Jimenez. Jimenez goes after the first pitch down to Jose Barrero in his Oriole debut. Three for the Jays. The O's will bat against Trey Yesavin. He needs to fill the zone because I think Trey believes in his stuff. He knows he can be his own worst enemy when he starts scattering that four seam fastball. And you can't do that against these Orioles hitters. They will take their walks and they've also got a lot of pop. Good start for Yesavin. Now he has to deal with Pete Alonso. 38 home runs. And Pete slams his ball the other way. It's up and it's gone. And Pete Alonso has 39 home runs in his first season as an Oriole. One shy of reaching that round number of 40 once more. And another home run, KB, to the opposite field. He leads all of Major League Baseball in home runs to the opposite field. Right fielder tonight, the number seven hitter, is Reese Hines. Line to center field and a sliding catch by Brett Bateman. And is he okay? He made the play but he is still down. And Josh Smith is telling Jose Minestral and John Schneider to come out. You would think with things being wet that you would slide on the surface, but instead of sliding, it looked like maybe it dug right into that soft turf out there. As we said, it's been raining most of the day here in Baltimore. He was flying in. You could see the divot that he took out. It is definitely something to do with the right leg or hip. This guy has been such a story, such a spark, and such a big part of this team over the last seven or eight weeks. And a shame to see him here in the final week of the regular season, suffering an injury. Third walk given up by Baas already in this game. So here's George Springer, who had an RBI single in the first as well. And another hit for Springer. He reached out and got it and poked it in the left and it's two on with nobody out. Sean Keyes, who hit a sacrifice fly in the first. Sean Keyes, left center field. Couser on the run. He will get there for the first out. Lucas tags and hits the third in this 3-1 game. Baas hoping for a double play ball, and he gets it. A ground ball at the shortstop. Anderson has it. A flip to second for one. Relay on the first. Make that two. A double play. Right on the money. Got the first two on, but can't capitalize. Still 3-1. Treya Savage, who was never gonna go long today. His first start since early August. Coming off the injury list. Three big league ball games so far for Brendan Cellucci, and they have gone extremely well. Strike three called. He gets Couser. Left on left. That's a tough look for Couser. He just froze him. Swing and a miss. He gets Barrero. Look at this. How about that? Brendan Cellucci just walked onto the mound here at Camden Yards and struck out the side. I'd say the confidence has to be pretty good right now for the rookie 28-year-old. He is doing the job for the Blue Jays. The Orioles with just one hit so far in this game. Remember, they've been shut out in back-to-back games. Left on left here's Henderson Batson. Gunnar smokes this ball. Left on left. Deep center, and Myles Straw can't get it. Smacks off the wall, and Henderson's thinking three. He will get there head first with his sixth triple of the year. Boy, did he put a charge into that one, too. Gunnar Henderson, man, he's working on his third good series here in a row. So that's the first hit given up by Cellucci in the big leagues. It'll be the last batter he faces here tonight. And now a pitching change. Chad Dallas just recalled today, making his fifth major league appearance. Swung on and missed, two down. Dangerous hitter in Kobe Mayo, but there is some swing and miss in that game, and he gets him with a well-placed sweeper. And now Encarnacion Strand lifts one to shallow center. Myles Straw is there. What a job by Chad Dallas. Another disappointing end to a promising inning. Shane Boz has really settled in here after a very rocky first inning. He retired eighth in a row as we go to the top of the sixth. Springer hits a tapper to third. He really does not run well, and Encarnacion Strand makes a good play. Had enough time to get him, and the Orioles' superb defense continues as Boz retires his ninth in a row. Yeah, Springer normally a little faster than that, but you can tell he's hurting a little bit. One out, and the batter will be Sean Keyes. And how about that? There you go. One swing and miss to the first 22 hitters, three in this sequence alone, and there is Shane's first strikeout. And I like that sequence a lot right there. Ground ball to Henderson. Boz is in the group now, folks. He's retired 11 straight Blue Jays, top of the order to try to get him some runs. Coming up, two Oriole hits, or an Alonzo, Homer, and Henderson triple. That's a microcosm of this season, where the Orioles are 10th in home runs, but they are 27th in batting. That ball slugged to right field. There's another extra base hit for Gunner. Up on the flag court, it's a home run. His 24th of the season, a triple and a Homer on the last two Henderson swings, and Gunner's in the groove on a Monday night. I'm talking about loud contact, too. Well, Shane Boz has settled in. First six hitters reach base five times with a sacrifice fly. The last 18 are one for 17 with a single and a walk. How about that pitch right there? 97, and I'm talking about a paint piece. Might as well try to call up a strike. Josh Smith's going to take his shot here. I think he's going to be upset about this one. I mean, you can't throw a four-seamer any better than that. That is 12 in a row. Retired by Shane Boz. Shallow center, dropping, and it is in there. Nobody can find it. It's underneath Couser, and he eventually finds it, and it'll be a bloop single for Jimenez. The Blue Jays will take it. One on, one out, and here's Ernie Clement, 0 for 2. Clement, dribbler. C-E-S will look at second, go to first, and he has time to get the out. Jimenez takes second. So six and two-thirds in 92 pitches. That'll be the end for Shane Boz in his final home start of the season. Now time for Yengir Cano, making his 67th appearance of the year. He has been good. Straw lifts one to the left. Dylan Beavers there, and Cano gets the job done. One-run game at the stretch. How about that? Back-to-back innings. The Orioles get the leadoff batter of an inning home. And there are two away, and the Jays will go to Rodgers for a third consecutive day. He'll come in to face Pete Alonso. Franklin is the tying run, still anchored to first, as Alonso slams it in the left field, and that is number 40. Pete Alonso, another dramatic late-game home run. He takes Rodgers deep to left, and this is 40. Come on, now. Come on, polar bear. Rico Garcia looking to pick up his 10th save of the year, making his 74th appearance, five and one out of that Oriole bullpen, a very good ERA, 65 innings of work. So the Blue Jays are down to their final out, and it's Josh Smith, 0 for 3. Gets Smith to pop it up into shallow left. Henderson ranging out, called off by Beavers, makes the catch to seal a comeback victory for the Orioles as they begin the final home series of the year with a 4-3 win over Toronto.