The Baltimore Orioles tied a major league record with five sacrifice flies in their 16-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Baltimore Orioles tied an obscure record on Tuesday in a blowout 16-4 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays (box score), the first game of a doubleheader. Indeed, the O's became just the fourth team since 1901 to notch five sacrifice flies in a single contest.

That's hard enough to do, but the way the Orioles did it hasn't been done in Major League Baseball in 70 years, and they tied an MLB record in the process. The special recipe: At least four home runs,