Adley Rutschman hit a 436-foot home run in his first at-bat and went back-to-back with Jordan Westburg in the eighth inning, Tyler O’Neill homered for his MLB-record sixth consecutive opening day and Cedric Mullins launched a pair of his own long balls to lead an offensive explosion in a 12-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday afternoon.

O'Neill hit his first four Opening Day home runs as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals from 2020-'24. Last season, as a member of the Boston Red Sox, O'Neill set the record of five consecutive Opening Day home runs when he went yard off then Seattle Mariners reliever Cody Bolton.

Here’s what The Baltimore Sun sports staff had to say immediately after the Orioles’ 12-2 win over the Blue Jays in Thursday’s opener.

Cedric Mullins and Adley Rutschman each hit two home runs and the visiting Baltimore Orioles trounced the Toronto Blue Jays 12-2 on Thursday afternoon in the season opener for both teams.