Buck: "We had something that people came after and they took it from us" (O's split)

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said no loss is easy to accept. I'll counter that some are uglier than others.

The Orioles commited four errors in Game 1 of today's doubleheader, matched their season high for most runs allowed and watched the Blue Jays celebrate a 15-2 win and the franchise's first division title in 22 years.

The four errors were the most by the Orioles since Aug. 12, 2008 in Cleveland.

"We weren't very crisp to say the least and didn't pitch very well out of the 'pen," said manager Buck Showalter. "We got a healthy start out of Miguel (Gonzalez). That was good. I'll take that as a positive. There's no a whole lot to reach for other than that.

"A lot of guys have gotten opportunities that we called up that really haven't run with it. That's disappointing. This is a big time for a lot of these guys."

The Blue Jays scored five runs in the ninth off Jorge Rondon, who retired the first batter before the next seven reached. Jason Garcia gave up four unearned runs, Steve Johnson surrendered a two-run homer to Edwin Encarnacion and Mike Wright allowed two hits and walked two batters in 1 1/3 innings.

Steve Pearce hit his 15th home run and Steve Clevenger had an RBI triple in the ninth. Otherwise ...

Perhaps this was a direct response to being eliminated from the wild card race.

"That's a convenient excuse, but we've crossed a lot of bridges," Showalter said. "We've got to be better than that. That was disappointing. When you take any form of life, when you take hope out of the picture, it really challenges you mentally and emotionally and we didn't respond well to that in the first game."

Gonzalez was removed after 3 2/3 innings and 75 pitches. He's done for the 2015 season with his ERA at 4.91 in 144 2/3 innings.

"It was better than just about anybody else did," Showalter said. "It's disappointing to see some of our young pitchers not take the opportunities and run with it."

Showalter said Gonzalez felt good physically in his first start since Aug. 30.

"He's not quite there velocity-wise where he will be next year, but to get back, it was a good climb for him," Showalter said. "A good mental state of mind for him going into the offseason knowing there's nothing structurally wrong there and he just needed a little time off to get it resolved.

"It's been something that I know is disappointing for him because he was really hoping to ... he was trying to pitch 200 innings this year. He spent a lot of time in the offseason preparing himself for that."

Showalter had to prepare for Game 2 while the Blue Jays celebrated on the field, players heaving their gloves in the air and jumping up and down - just as the Orioles did here last year when they clinched the division against Toronto.

Now, the Orioles can do no better than .500.

"It's not disappointing," Showalter said. "Somebody's going to. I didn't watch it. I had a lot of work to do to get ready for the second game.

"Congratulations to them. They earned it. We had something that people came after and they took it from us."

Update: Kevin Gausman has blanked the Blue Jays and struck out a career-high nine battters in seven innings, and the Orioles broke a scoreless tie with five runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Manny Machado and Chris Davis hit back-to-back home runs. Machado has 31. Davis has 44, giving him 200 in his career. His 158 home runs as an Oriole puts him in a 10th-place tie with Melvin Mora on the franchise's all-time list.

J.J. Hardy had an RBI single and Nolan Reimold followed with a two-run double, as the Orioles sent 10 batters to the plate.

Update II: Gausman lost his shutout on Darwin Barney's solo home run with two outs in the eighth. He's at 98 pitches.

Update III: Davis homered again leading off the eighth to pass Mora on the Orioles' all-time list with 159. He has 14 career multi-homer games, including seven this season.

Jonathan Schoop doubled and Matt Wieters hit his 100th career home run. Orioles 8, Jays 1

Update IV: The Orioles gain a split with an 8-1 win in Game 2.

Gausman allowed one run and five hits in eight innings, with no walks, 10 strikeouts and a home run. He threw 98 pitches, 77 for strikes.

Mychal Givens tossed a scoreless ninth. The Orioles still don't have a complete game this season from one of their starters.