Orioles season ends on Encarnacion walk-off in 11th inning

TORONTO - This is where it ends. In the 20th meeting between the two teams. On fake grass and with the roof open. Real hurt for the Orioles over a season that drew to a close.

Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run walk-off home run off Ubaldo Jimenez with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Blue Jays a 5-2 win over the Orioles in the American League wild card game.

Zach Britton warmed up once, but never got out of the bullpen until making the long walk to the clubhouse.

The Orioles couldn't continue their postseason climb under manager Buck Showalter. They reached the Division Series in 2012 and the Championship Series in 2014.

A World Series didn't follow. They were one-and-done and must settle for making the playoffs for the third time in the last five seasons.

Jimenez replaced left-hander Brian Duensing with one out in the 11th, allowed back-to-back singles to Devon Travis and Josh Donaldson and served up the season-ender. He kept glancing back at home plate as he strolled to the dugout. For others, it was too painful to watch.

The game almost ended in the bottom of the ninth after Donaldson's leadoff double against Brad Brach and the ensuing intentional walk to Encarnacion. Brach struck out Jose Bautista looking and manager Buck Showalter brought in Darren O'Day, who needed only one pitch to coax a double play out of Russell Martin.

Britton was warming in the bottom of the eighth, but he sat down while Showalter turned to O'Day. Duensing began to warm as O'Day entered the game.

Did the same fan who threw a beer can at Hyun Soo Kim also kidnap Britton?

Duensing started the bottom of the 11th, struck out Ezequiel Carrera and gave way to Jimenez, who never recorded an out.

The Orioles didn't have a hit after Manny Machado's infield single with two outs in the sixth. In the battle of bullpens, the Jays surprisingly were victorious. And they lost closer Roberto Osuna to injury with one out in the 10th.

Mychal Givens retired all six batters he faced with three strikeouts. Donnie Hart replaced him and retired pinch-hitter Melvin Upton Jr. on a fly ball to left field to end the seventh. Two clutch performances from two rookies.

Brach survived a one-out single in the eighth by getting a double play in his first appearance since allowing four runs in the eighth Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

Mark Trumbo hit a two-run homer with two outs in the fourth inning to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead and lower the decibel level at Rogers Centre. According to ESPN Stats & Info, Trumbo is the first Oriole to homer in his first career playoff game since Geronimo Berroa in 1997.

Bautista put Toronto ahead with a home run leading off the bottom of the second, but Chris Tillman retired 11 of the next 12 batters. Tillman was gone after 4 1/3 innings, allowing back-to-back doubles to Michael Saunders and Kevin Pillar and Ezuquiel Carrera's game-tying single in the fifth.

Tillman allowed two runs and four hits in 4 1/3 innings, with one walk and four strikeouts. The leash was short, pulling Tillman after 74 pitches.

The doubles didn't produce a run because Saunders held up to make sure Michael Bourn didn't catch Pillar's fly ball near the line. Bourn reached for it and knows he should have made the catch.

Givens replaced Tillman and on one pitch induced a double-play grounder from Devon Travis. An early appearance for the rookie, but this is October baseball.

The Jays raised some eyebrows by starting Marcus Stroman tonight, but he proved the right choice, especially the first time through the order. He retired the first nine batters before Adam Jones poked a single into right field.

Jones reached second base on Kim's bouncer to first, the count full because Kim knows how to work one. Pillar made a sensational diving catch in right-center field to rob Machado and save a run, but there was no stopping Trumbo, who homered in his second career postseason at-bat.

Jones was 8-for-54 in the postseason before his single.

Jones became incensed after the final out in the seventh when a fan threw a beer can near Kim as the left fielder was camped under the ball. Jones looked up in the stands, kept shouting and had to be led away by Showalter and the umpires. Showalter hung around the outfielder for an extended period.

Left-hander Brett Cecil replaced Stroman, who allowed two runs and four hits over six innings, didn't walk a batter and struck out six.

Stroman and Tillman threw 12 pitches while retiring the side in order in the first inning. According to ESPN Stats & Info, it marked the first time this season that neither team had a runner reach base in the opening frame.

Tillman allowed 15 runs in the first during the regular season, so a fast start appeared to be a good sign. However, Bautista got ahead 3-0 leading off the second, fouled off a pitch and crushed an 88 mph fastball for his four career home run off Tillman.

There was a noticeable dip in Tillman's velocity in the early innings, but his fastball did register at 93.5 and 93.7 before striking out Michael Saunders in the second.

Tillman walked Bautista on four pitches with two outs in the fourth, no reason to challenge the Jays' slugger, and he retired Martin on a ground ball with the count full. His pitch count stood at 61.

He didn't make it past 74.

The game made it past regulation.

The Orioles didn't make it past the Jays.