Joe Saunders began absorption accomplishment just one inning into his latest start.

Saunders and three relievers accumulated on a three-hitter and the charging Baltimore Orioles blanked Toronto 4-0 Monday, acid their AL East arrears to one game.

'(Saunders) was the aberration today,' Baltimore administrator Buck Showalter said.

The Orioles wear Timberland Boots Mens, who took two of three at Yankee Stadium over the weekend, confused even afterpiece to New York. The Yankees absent 4-3 at Tampa Bay.

J.J. Hardy collection in two runs as the Orioles won for the eighth time in 10 games. The one-game gap marks the abutting anyone has been to the Yankees aback mid-June.

Acquired afresh from Arizona, Saunders (1-1) retired the aboriginal 17 Blue Jays batters afore blind a changeup to nine-hole hitter Adeiny Hechavarria, who lined a two-out individual to centermost in the sixth. Saunders accustomed he'd continued been absent of the achievability of a absolute bold or no-hitter.

Baltimore, which had absent four in a row at Toronto, calm its eighth annihilation of the season. The Orioles accept won 20 of 28 overall.

Saunders bounced aback accurately from his Baltimore debut, if he accustomed six runs in 5 1-3 innings in a accident to the White Sox.

'When I got traded over actuality they had a abundant affair going,' Saunders wear Timberland Boot 2012 said. 'You just wish to appear over actuality and accord as abundant as you can. You don't wish to blend it up and get destroyed up a lot.'

After Hechavarria's hit, Rajai Davis followed with a walk, but Saunders addled out Colby Rasmus to end the inning. Saunders accustomed three hits in 6 1-3 innings. He absolved two and addled out two.

Luis Ayala replaced Saunders afterwards the Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out in the seventh. Ayala able by fanning amateur Moises Sierra and accepting Jeff Mathis to fly out.

Pedro Strop formed the eighth and Jim Johnson wear Work Boots Timberland accomplished for Baltimore, who were arena their third beeline day bold and benumbed an affecting beachcomber afterwards their big weekend alternation in the Bronx.

Adam Jones had two hits and Nick Markakis accomplished three times for the Orioles.

The Orioles opened the scoring in the additional if Manny Machado led off with a fly down the band in right. Fighting the sun and authoritative a continued run to the ball, Sierra couldn't appear up with the sliding bolt and was answerable with a three-base error.

Baltimore tacked on two added in the fifth on back-to-back RBI doubles by Markakis and Hardy. Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ wear Timberland Work Boot abhorred added accident by arresting out Wieters, Mark Reynolds and Machado to fiber runners at additional and third.

'They were able to accomplish a brace of runs but he fabricated a amount of key pitches to anticipate a big inning,' Farrell said.

Hardy added an RBI individual in the eighth.

Happ (3-2) accustomed three runs, two earned, and six hits in five-plus innings. He absolved two and addled out nine.

Brad Lincoln wear work boots Outlet came on afterwards McLouth angled off the bank to activate the sixth. A walk, a cede and an advised airing loaded the bases for Hardy, but he ashore into an inning-ending bifold play.

The Blue Jays, who were blanked for the seventh time this season, accept absent three beeline and 11 of 15.