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Hill drives in winning run in 11th for Blue Jays
TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 5 (11 INNINGS)

TORONTO(AP) -- Aaron Hill picked a big moment to reach a major
milestone.

Hill doubled home the winning run in the bottom of the 11th
inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 6-5 on Tuesday
night, handing the Orioles their sixth straight loss.

Hill, who hit a solo home run, reached 100 RBIs for the first
time in his career.

"Nothing like a game-winning RBI to get your 100th," Blue Jays
manager Cito Gaston said. "That's great for him. He's a kid that
plays hard every day for you."

Hill was relieved to reach the century mark after going six
games without an RBI.

"It was a nice hit," Hill said. "It's something you're not
really trying to get to but it's in the back of your head. It's
nice to get it over with and just play."

Shawn Camp (2-6) pitched one inning for the win.

Facing right-hander Dennis Sarfate (0-1), the seventh Baltimore
pitcher, Jose Bautista walked to lead off the 11th. Hill
followed with a double to right-center and Bautista scored
without a throw.

Teammate Lyle Overbay collected the ball for Hill from a
Baltimore player before joining the celebration at second base.

"Walkoffs are great, that's a great part of baseball," Hill
said. "It's fun to see everybody run out of the dugout, coming
to get you. That's what you work for."

Edwin Encarnacion hit two homers, a two-run drive and a solo
shot, for the fourth multihomer game of his career as Toronto
improved to 7-1 at home against the Orioles this season.

Baltimore's losing streak matches its season-high.

The Blue Jays trailed 5-4 heading into the ninth against Orioles
closer Jim Johnson. Overbay came up as a pinch-hitter but struck
out before pinch-hitter Adam Lind singled off Johnson's leg,
Travis Snider hit a single to left and John McDonald loaded the
bases with a single through the left side. Johnson's next pitch
hit Bautista on the left elbow, bringing home the tying run and
giving Johnson his sixth blown save.

"I still believe I can do the job but the last couple of outings
haven't gone my way," said Johnson, who has blown saves in two
of his past three outings. "I've got to try and right the ship
here shortly."

Johnson sent it to extra innings by striking out Hill and
Encarnacion.

Toronto loaded the bases in the 10th but Alberto Castillo got
McDonald to pop out to first.

There were gasps when Hill, limited to 55 games last season
because of a concussion, was hit on the left shoulder by a pitch
from Danys Baez in the eighth. Two pitches later, Encarnacion
homered to left.

"The home run ball kind of gave them a spark and got them back
in it," Orioles manager Dave Trembley said.

Baez acknowledged being shaken up after losing his grip and
nearly beaning Hill.

"That ball was really close to his face," Baez said. "It really
had me scrambling a little bit when the ball left my hand."

Baltimore's bullpen has allowed 15 earned runs in 16 innings
over the past four games.

"Baez had an opportunity to hold the lead and he didn't,"
Trembley said. "JJ had an opportunity to close it and he didn't.
I'm sure they feel absolutely terrible and no one feels worse
about it than I do."

Encarnacion and Hill homered to left on consecutive pitches in
the third, the fifth time this season the Blue Jays hit
back-to-back homers. Hill leads Toronto with 33 home runs.

Baltimore's Brian Roberts went 3 for 5 with a double. It was his
55th of the season, tying Lance Berkman's 2001 major league
record for doubles by a switch hitter.

Attendance was 11,869, the fourth straight game the Blue Jays
have drawn fewer than 12,000 fans. Toronto's all-time low is
10,074, set April 17, 1979, against the Chicago White Sox.

Toronto's Kevin Millar was thrown out at the plate when he tried
to score from first on Randy Ruiz's double in the second,
Baltimore's AL-leading 35th outfield assist.

Orioles outfielder Nick Markakis, who came in 6 for 43, was held
out of the starting lineup for the second time this season.
Markakis was not used as a substitute, making it the first game
he's missed all year.

NOTES: The Orioles have thrown out 16 runners at the plate, 13
at third base, five at second and have doubled one runner off
first. ... Baltimore RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-15) faces Toronto
RHP Scott Richmond (6-10) in Wednesday's series finale.

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