Clubhouse quotes from Tyler Wilson, Mike Wright, Matt Wieters and Manny Machado

The Orioles won't go unbeaten at home this year. They saw a 10-game home winning streak end tonight in a 4-3 loss to Toronto. It dated to Game 2 of a doubleheader last Sept. 30 and the streak was tied for the seventh-longest in team history.

He only pitched two innings tonight, but reliever Tyler Wilson pointed a finger at himself for the loss. After throwing six scoreless innings over his first two appearances, he allowed a run in the seventh tonight, which provided Toronto its fourth and final run.

"I bear a lot of responsibility for the way the game went today," Wilson said. "Got two quick outs and I have to be able to shut the inning down a little faster. That's my role. That's my job: to come out there and give our team a chance to get back into the dugout and score some runs. That's exactly what they did. I just have to be a little more efficient, a little better next time."

Wilson was pitching with five days' rest and for just the third time in 12 games.

"That's no excuse," he said. "I appreciate that consideration, but my job is to come in and get outs and get our team back into the dugout. I obviously didn't do a great job of that today, but battled out of some innings and left some guys out there to give us some momentum. But like I said, I bear a lot of the responsibility for how the game went. I just need to be a little bit better."

Wright-Delivers-White-Sidebar.jpgMeanwhile, O's starter Mike Wright went six innings allowing six hits and three runs. Toronto took a 3-0 lead on him by the third inning, then he put up zeroes in the fourth, fifth and sixth, throwing 105 pitches.

"Yeah, definitely something to build on," he said. "A quality start against the Blue Jays was something I really needed after last year facing them. I felt decent out there. We ended up losing but felt like I gave our team a chance to win.

"That was a pretty good game plan today. I think that is the most on page me and (catcher Matt) Wieters have ever been. So it's good to see that relationship really building."

Perhaps Wright showed some maturity tonight and grew a bit as a young pitcher.

"Yeah, absolutely. I feel like I didn't get down on myself after I gave up those two runs. Because that was two walks in an inning which just can't happen. But I knew the next inning you start fresh and start over and keep attacking," he said.

"Very important (to go at least six innings). You always want a quality start. I would like to go seven just like (Marcus) Stroman did. The deeper in the game you can go the better. Going six is definitely a step in the right direction."

With Kevin Gausman's return to the O's rotation likely coming soon, Wright may have been battling tonight to keep his rotation spot.

"We're trying to win games," Wright said. "With Kevin coming back that is only a positive. I think I am giving my team a chance to win. If a move has to be made, it has to be made. But, I think we are all out here trying to win."

Even though Wright has a mid-90s - and sometimes better - fastball, Wieters seemed to call more off-speed pitches early in the game tonight.

"You know, I just wanted him to pitch and not go out and be a thrower," Wieters said. "He is going to learn more and more how to pitch at this level. Everyone knows what kind of arm he has and what kind of stuff he has, but he has to pitch when he doesn't have his best stuff.

"He made some pitches when he needed to. It was big for him. He's able to get through some games without his best stuff and that is big for him to take the next step forward. He really had to pitch tonight."

Manny Machado extended his hitting streak to 12 games tonight, going 2-for-4 with a solo homer and double. Machado's 38 homers since the start of last season are the second-most by a third baseman to Toronto's Josh Donaldson with 41.

It was a close, down-to-the-wire game tonight at the Yard. Will the O's and Jays play a lot of these type of games this year?

"Well, yeah," Machado said. "I mean, they're a great team out there. Have a good pitching staff, good bullpen and so do we. We have the same. It will be a grind. This division is up for grabs and you have to leave it on the field. That is what we are going to do every day. We have to put today behind us and come out tomorrow and play."

Machado must be pleased with his start. A batting average of .392 with five doubles, five homers, six RBIs and a 1.221 OPS. His 12-game hitting streak is tied for the second-longest of his career. He hit in 14 straight from June 2-16, 2013.

"We're doing well," he said. "We're playing good baseball. I'm swinging the bat well, playing good defense and the team is as well. We are going to pick up each other and that is why we will do well this year."




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