Sanchez nearly no-hits Orioles in Blue Jays’ victory

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BALTIMORE — Aaron Sanchez’s no-hit bid, as well as his shutout, ended in a near-calamitous eighth inning. At that point, he was just hoping to get his first win since last July.

Curtis Granderson made it happen, delivering a tiebreaking homer in the ninth to carry the Toronto Blue Jays past the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 Tuesday night.

Seeking to throw the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history, Sanchez got through seven innings before Tim Beckham led off the eighth with a sharp grounder through the legs of third baseman Josh Donaldson that went for a double.

There was no time to lament what might have been, because the right-hander had a 1-0 lead to protect.

“After I gave up the hit, I was like, whatever,” Sanchez said. “It would have been cool if I got to throw a no-hitter, but ... I didn’t care about anything else but winning the ball game.”

Anthony Santander followed with a single to right, and rookie Chance Sisco hit an RBI double to make it 1-all.

Sanchez avoided further damage by getting Jonathan Schoop to bounce into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded.

Not long after that, Granderson hit a sidearmed fastball from Darren O’Day (0-1) over the rightfield scoreboard.

Roberto Osuna got three straight outs for his fifth save. He became the youngest player in major league history (23 years, 62 days) with 100 career saves.