The Baltimore Orioles tied an obscure record on Tuesday in a blowout 16-4 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays , the first game of a doubleheader. Indeed, the O's became just the

The American League East-leading Blue Jays came to Baltimore as baseball’s hottest team. The Orioles, by starting the four-game series with two imposing victories, extinguished that stretch with a pair of offensive outputs that showed what a mostly healthy lineup can do — even if it’s too late to change the front office’s plans.

BALTIMORE — 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.