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MLB: Toronto 4, Baltimore 1

TORONTO, June 15 (UPI) -- Yunel Escobar, Juan Rivera and Adam Lind accounted for all the Toronto scoring with homers Wednesday, pushing the Blue Jays past Baltimore 4-1.

Ricky Romero (6-6) allowed a run on three hits to get the win. He struck out a career-best 12.

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Toronto handed Baltimore its fourth straight loss.

Escobar hit a solo homer in the first, Juan Rivera added one in the sixth and Lind's two-run blast in the seventh gave Toronto a 4-0 lead.

Romero stayed in to start the ninth, but he walked the first two men he faced and gave way to Frank Francisco.

Matt Wieters delivered a one-out, RBI single, but a double-play grounder by Derrek Lee ended the game and brought Francisco his sixth save.

Jake Arrieta (8-4) took the loss, surrendering three runs on nine hits in 6 2/3.

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