The Baltimore Orioles put up 16 runs on Tuesday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays. That's hard enough to do, but the way the Orioles did it hasn't been done in Major League Baseball in 70 years, and they tied an MLB record in the process.

Who says situational hitting is dead? The Baltimore Orioles tied a major league record with five sacrifice flies in their 16-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of Tuesday's doubleheader.

The Blue Jays are on a three-game losing streak, and with their 16-4 loss to the lowly Orioles in the first game of a day/night double-header, are now more than justified in sounding the alarm bells on their bullpen.

Blue Jays catcher Ali Sanchez was called upon to pitch in relief, and he threw one of the slowest strikeouts imaginable.

The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles play the first game of their doubleheader Tuesday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

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.

In a recent article, Finkelstein and Staph predicted that the Blue Jays would acquire Twins closer Jhoan Durán, sending infield prospect Josh Kasevich, right-handed pitching prospect Khal Stephen, and left-handed pitching prospect Johnny King to Minnesota.

The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned left-handed pitcher Easton Lucas to the minor leagues and activated righty Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list, MLB.com's Keegan Matheson reports.

What a ride the season has been for the Toronto Blue Jays. They were a bottom-third team through just about two months. For real. I looked back and on May 26, I had the Blue Jays ranked 22nd.  And now they'll head to August at No.