BALTIMORE _ Just like he did Sunday, streaking Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander homered twice. And just like they did Sunday, the Orioles spoiled an impressive late comeback with a late-inning error that cost them the game.
With the game tied at seven and runners on second and third in the 10th inning, defensive replacement Chris Davis made a diving stop on a ground ball, but his throw home evaded Pedro Severino, allowing the go-ahead run to score in the Orioles' 8-7 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Camden Yards.
Dwight Smith Jr. opened the 10th inning on second base in the Orioles half, but ran through a stop sign at third base on a Cedric Mullins single for the second out of the inning on a rundown before pinch hitter Bryan Holaday popped up to end the game.
The Orioles (12-11) have lost three straight games and four of five since their six-game winning streak last week.
A makeshift lineup that Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was forced into by giving Hanser Alberto a day off worked out as well as could be expected early on, with leadoff man Chance Sisco working a walk and scoring on Santander's eighth home run of the season.
Randal Grichuk erased that lead with a two-run home run of his own in the third inning, but Santander laced a hanging slider into the Orioles bullpen for his second home run of the game to restore the lead.
His nine home runs are second-most in the American League, while his 25 RBIs are most in the league. His 13-game hitting streak is a career high.
By the time he came up next, things had gotten away from the Orioles quickly. Wade LeBlanc loaded the bases in the top of the fifth inning and watched all three of those runs come around to score with Travis Lakins Sr. on the mound _ first on a double by Grichuk and then on a three-run home run by Travis Shaw.
That 7-3 deficit didn't last long. Sisco homered to right field to score two in the bottom of the fifth, then Rio Ruiz doubled and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Renato Nunez.
Nunez was involved in the rally to tie the game in the seventh as well, as his two-out single, a double by Severino and a pinch-hit infield single by Alberto pushed him around.
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