BALTIMORE (Interstat) — The Baltimore Orioles erupted for five runs in the third inning and held off a late Toronto Blue Jays rally to win 9-5 on Sunday afternoon at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, taking three of four in the series and improving to 28-32 on the season.

Kyle Bradish earned the win for Baltimore, allowing one run on three hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks. Bradish improved to 3-6. Spencer Miles took the loss for Toronto, giving up six runs on six hits in 2 2/3 innings, falling to 1-1. The game lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes before an announced crowd of 34,476.

Baltimore trailed 1-0 after a quiet first inning but seized control with a five-run third. Gunnar Henderson singled and Adley Rutschman walked to start the rally. Pete Alonso singled to right, scoring Henderson to tie the game. Samuel Basallo followed with a double to right, scoring Rutschman and moving Alonso to third. After Leody Taveras struck out, Colton Cowser launched a three-run homer to right-center field, his fourth of the season, giving the Orioles a 6-1 lead.

The Orioles had taken a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a groundout by Cowser that scored Alonso, who had singled and advanced on a walk and a sacrifice bunt.

Toronto’s only run before the late innings came in the seventh. Ernie Clement singled and Yohendrick Piñango singled, then Charles McAdoo reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Clement when second baseman Jackson Holliday made a throwing error. The Blue Jays loaded the bases on a walk to Andrés Giménez, but Brandon Valenzuela struck out to end the inning.

Baltimore answered in the bottom of the sixth with three runs to push the lead to 9-1. Cowser walked, Blaze Alexander singled and Holliday walked to load the bases. Taylor Ward grounded into a force out that scored Cowser, with the call upheld after a Baltimore challenge. Henderson doubled to center, scoring Alexander, and Rutschman’s sacrifice fly brought home Ward.

Toronto mounted a comeback in the eighth, scoring four runs. Nathan Lukes singled, and after two outs, Clement doubled to left to score Lukes. Piñango then hit a three-run homer to right, his third of the season, cutting the deficit to 9-5. Charles McAdoo singled, but Andrés Giménez popped out to end the inning.

Baltimore’s bullpen held firm. Rico Garcia pitched a perfect ninth, striking out one, while Tyler Wells struggled in the eighth, allowing four earned runs on four hits in one inning.

Key performances included Basallo going 2 for 3 with an RBI, Alonso 2 for 4 with an RBI, Henderson 2 for 5 with an RBI, and Alexander 2 for 3. Ward finished 0 for 5 but drove in a run. Okamoto was 0 for 2 with two strikeouts.

Toronto dropped to 29-31 with the loss, while Baltimore evened its record in the four-game set after the Blue Jays had won the first two games of the series. Toronto took the opener Thursday 2-1, won Friday 6-5, and lost Saturday 6-5. The teams will meet again next weekend in Toronto for a three-game series beginning Friday, June 5.

Toronto continues its road trip Tuesday at Atlanta, while Baltimore heads to Boston for a three-game series starting Tuesday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Toronto 7, Baltimore 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave Toronto a 54.40 percent probability to win. Baltimore was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 14 runs went under the over-under line of 8.