Monday night Orioles game thread: at Blue Jays, 7:07

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports It’s been nearly two years since the Orioles last played in Canada, but they return tonight to take on a Blue Jays team that has been stuck in neutral for much of the season. Both their offense and pitching staff are in the top half of the league, but it hasn’t been quite enough to get them over the hump. They enter this series against the O’s 5.5 games back of the second wild card spot.

On paper it sure looks like a tough matchup for the O’s, but now that they have recalled Ryan McKenna and Zack Burdi, nothing can stop them! McKenna was crushing Triple-A pitching and gets inserted right into the starting lineup. Burdi was a first-round pick once upon a time.…