Orioles end six-game slide, beat Jays 2-1

This was how last night was supposed to go. The national nightmare is over. The Orioles have won a game, salvaging the series in Toronto by beating the Blue Jays 2-1 at Rogers Centre on Wednesday. Kevin Gausman was brilliant, and Zach Britton earned the save as the bats did just enough to win.

You want offense? Well, look somewhere else. All three runs of this matchup were scored in the first three innings. From there, the two teams’ bats went silent. Instead of coming through in the clutch, they went limp.

But first, some runs.

Tim Beckham swung at the first pitch of the day from Blue Jays’ starter Marcus Stroman. It was a weak grounder to third baseman, and normally good fielder, Josh…