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TORONTO — With the Blue Jays trailing the Orioles, 2-1, in the bottom of the fifth inning of the American League Wild Card Game on Tuesday, Toronto came up with two unlikely hits to spur a game-tying rally in their eventual 5-2 win in 11 innings.

Michael Saunders sparked the rally with a lazy fly ball down the left-field line off Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman, as it had an exit velocity of just 83.6 mph with a launch angle of 33 degrees and going a projected 282 feet before bouncing into the stands.

Out of 262 batted balls this year with an 84-mph exit velocity and a launch angle between 31 and 35 degrees, only two dropped for hits. But Saunders placed his perfectly, out of the reach of Hyun Soo Kim, for a ground-rule double.

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“It’s frustrating,” Tillman said. “You can’t defend that. You can’t prepare for that. You’d like them to hit at it your guys every time but it doesn’t always happen that …

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