Last Updated on August 7, 2011 3:11 pm by admin
BALTIMORE (AP) – Ricky Romero pitched eight innings of four-hit ball, Brett Lawrie hit his first major league homer and the Toronto Blue Jays cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 Sunday.
John McDonald had three hits and two RBIs for the Blue Jays, who took two of three from the Orioles and have won seven of 11 overall.
Romero (10-9) struck out five and walked none to win his third straight start, a streak that began on July 27 with a victory over Baltimore. The only runs the left-hander allowed were on solo homers by Mark Reynolds.
Romero is 6-1 in his last eight starts against Baltimore.
Lawrie, who made his big league debut on Friday, hit a 2-1 pitch from Alfredo Simon (3-5) into the right-field bleachers to make it 6-1 in the sixth.