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| 1977 | Fearing for the safety left fielder, Andres Mora, Orioles manager Earl Weaver, trailing 4-0, pulls his team off the field when third base ump Marty Springstead declines his request to remove the tarp covering the Blue Jays' bullpen area, not accepting the skipper's claim of being a potential hazard to his player. After waiting 15 minutes in light rain for the O's to return, the umpires forfeit the Exhibition Stadium contest to the home team. |
| 1990 | In the first of the two times they will accomplish the feat, Billy and Cal Ripken homer in the same game. The siblings' home runs are overshadowed by Kelly Gruber's three-run round-tripper in the ninth inning, giving the Blue Jays a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Orioles at the Skydome. |
| 2006 | En route to finishing the season with 101 defeats, the Devil Rays lose their ninetieth game for the ninth consecutive season when the team drops a 5-4 walk-off decision to the Blue Jays in ten innings at Rogers Centre. The 1936-45 Phillies are the only other team in big-league history to accomplish the infamous feat. |
| 2010 | At Fenway Park, Jose Bautista establishes a new Blue Jay record for home runs in a season when he hits his 48th, a two-run blast on Michael Bowden's 3-2 fastball. The 29-year-old outfielder, who has never gone deep more than 16 times in a year, breaks the mark established by George Bell in 1987. |
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