Nathan Lukes capped Toronto’s five-run seventh inning with a three-run homer, and the Blue Jays held on for a 9-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday to avoid a four-game sweep. Toronto’s AL East lead was down to four games after dropping the first three of this series against the last-place Orioles.

Tyler O’Neill homered for a fourth straight game, and the Baltimore Orioles tied a major league record with five sacrifice flies on Tuesday in a 16-4 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of a doubleheader.

Nathan Lukes capped Toronto's five-run seventh inning with a three-run homer, and the Blue Jays held on for a 9-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday to avoid a four-game sweep.

It's Wednesday, July 30 and the Blue Jays (63-46) are in Baltimore to take on the Orioles (50-58). José Berríos is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Dean Kremer for Baltimore. Baltimore goes for the four-game sweep over Toronto as the Blue Jays have now dropped four-consecutive games.

SportsLine's model simulated Toronto vs. Baltimore 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for the matchup at Oriole Park at Camden Yards