Jays Beat Orioles 5-4
TORONTO (AP) -- Marco Estrada took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, Edwin Encarnacion had two RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays won their ninth straight home game Friday night, beating the Baltimore Orioles 5-4.
Batting for Steve Pearce, pinch-hitter Jimmy Paredes broke up Estrada's no-hit bid with a bloop single to left to begin the eighth, ending a streak of 15 straight outs.
Bench coach DeMarlo Hale, filling in for ejected manager John Gibbons, immediately came out and replaced Estrada with Roberto Osuna. Estrada, who threw a season-high 118 pitches, left to a standing ovation from the crowd of 32.322. Estrada (5-3) won his fourth straight start, allowing one run in seven-plus innings. He walked four and struck out six.
Dave Stieb still has thrown the only no-hitter in Blue Jays history, doing it against Cleveland on Sept. 2, 1990.
Adam Jones hit a two-out, two-run single off Brett Cecil in the ninth, but Cecil struck out Chris Davis for his fifth save.
The nine-game streak is Toronto's longest run at home since 1998, when they also won nine. The Blue Jays won a record 10 straight at home in 1985.
The Blue Jays and Orioles, AL East rivals who have feuded several times in recent seasons, wasted no time in renewing hostilities.
Toronto's Jose Bautista was hit by a pitch in the first and Gibbons was ejected for arguing after both benches were warned.
Orioles right-hander Mike Wright (2-3) brushed Bautista back with an 0-1 pitch, prompting warnings from plate umpire CB Bucknor. Gibbons came out and was ejected for the second time before engaging in a lengthy discussion with crew chief Dale Scott.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter came out at the end of the first to speak with Bucknor, but was not ejected.
Bautista has a history with Orioles reliever Darren O'Day dating to 2013, but several different incidents have fueled the rivalry. The most recent came in an April 21 game at Toronto when Bautista argued with Jones after Orioles rookie Jason Garcia threw behind the Blue Jays slugger.
Osuna and Hale were ejected after Osuna hit Jones to load the bases with one out in the eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: Jones returned as DH after missing three games with a sore right shoulder. ... 2B Jonathan Schoop (right knee) went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in his first rehab game at Double-A Bowie.
UP NEXT
Orioles: RHP Kevin Gausman is expected to be activated off the 15-day DL to start Saturday. It will be the first start of the season for Gausman, who made eight relief appearances before landing on the DL with a sore shoulder. He went 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in three rehab starts.
Blue Jays: LHP Mark Buehrle is 3-0 with a 3.50 ERA in three starts against the Orioles this season. However, he's gone 1-3 with a 4.67 ERA in day games. Buehrle's lone daytime victory came April 10 at Baltimore, his 200th career win.
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