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TORONTO (AP) -- Mike Mussina is so frustrated he might start losing control.
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David Wells won his fifth straight start, and Raul Mondesi homered twice as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles for the 12th straight time, 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Mussina (1-4) allowed six runs -- five earned -- in seven innings and gave up 12 hits, including four home runs.
"Maybe I should start walking more people. I don't know what to
do," Mussina said. "I'm as confused about pitching as I've ever been."
Mondesi homered off Mussina in the third, and fifth innings.
Darrin Fletcher homered in the sixth, and Carlos Delgado added a
two-run shot in the seventh.
"I made a couple bad pitches for homers, but a couple of those
pitches weren't even around the plate, but they hit them out of the
park anyway," said Mussina, who has allowed 12 homers this season.
"I'm not bad. I didn't even walk anybody. I just don't know. My
son might have a better answer, and he's almost 2."
The Blue Jays have hit 52 homers in 20 home games and are on
pace to finish with 211 at SkyDome, which would shatter the major
league home record of 149, set by Colorado at Coors Field in 1996.
"Mondesi didn't swing at his ball and it flew out of here,"
Mussina said. "Either everybody is as strong as McGwire or
something is going on. These guys have hit like 70 home runs, which
is far and away better than anybody in the whole league."
The Blue Jays have won 13 straight games at home against the
Orioles, who lost for the sixth time in seven games overall.
"To beat a team like that, that many times is saying something
because they're a good offensive team," Wells said. "The better
the lineup, the better it is for me because I get pumped for
this."
Wells (6-1) allowed four runs and nine hits in eight innings.
Cal Ripken, starting at designated hitter for the first time in
his career, went 1-for-4 with a two-run single. Ripken, who broke
Lou Gehrig's mark of 2,130 consecutive games in 1995, didn't want
to take a day off.
Ripken hit into a double play in the second inning. His two-run
single in the fifth tied it a 2. He popped up to the catcher in the
seventh and to right field in the ninth inning.
He stayed in the trainer's room for at least an hour after the
game and wasn't immediately available.
"With this turf it's a good way to get him a day off,"
Baltimore's Jeff Conine said.
Billy Koch pitched the ninth for his ninth save.
Baltimore's Mark Lewis, playing in place of Ripken at third base, made a throwing error in the second inning that led to
Toronto's first run. After Tony Batista reached on the error,
Fletcher singled, and Alex Gonzalez hit an RBI single.
The Orioles added two runs in the eighth inning on a sacrifice
fly by Mike Bordick and an RBI single by Delino DeShields.
Game notes
The Blue Jays have homered in a club record 20 straight
home games. ... The Blue Jays have four or more homers in seven
games this season. ... Wells sported a thick goatee. ... Eleven of
Delgado's 12 home runs, six of Mondesi's nine home runs and five of
Fletcher's six home runs have come at SkyDome. ... Toronto reliever
Pedro Borbon recently changed his number to 51 with the hope it
would change his luck this season. Borbon has a 7.30 ERA. ...
Baltimore's Jeff Conine got his 1,000th hit in the ninth inning.
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