A suspect wanted by Toronto police after someone threw a beer can at an Orioles player during the Blue Jays’ do-or-die game against Baltimore is turning himself in, but says he was drinking from a cup.

Ken Pagan, a Postmedia employee, told the Toronto Sun that his lawyer has advised him not to discuss the incident. But he did say an image posted to Twitter shows he was not drinking from a can.

“I was drinking out of a cup,” he said.

Baseball fans on both sides of the border loudly condemned the incident Tuesday night, as Toronto beat Baltimore 5-2 in the American League wild-card game.

Social media erupted with outrage over the controversial incident, which happened in the bottom of the seventh inning with the game tied at 2-2 and the Jays at bat. Toronto's Melvin Upton Jr. hit a long fly ball to left field, sending Orioles outfielder Hyun-Soo Kim back to snag the ball on the warning track.

That's when a fan hurled a beer can -- with beer still in it -- at the Orioles' outfielder. It missed him by only a few feet, hit the turf and bounced, spraying beer out the top.

Kim caught the ball and ended the inning, but the beer can toss had many people frothing in anger.

Baltimore player Adam Jones was incensed, running out to Kim so he could shout at Jays fans in the crowd.

After the game, Jones told reporters that he wants charges laid against the fan, who has not been identified.

"That is about as pathetic as it gets," he told The Associated Press. "You don't do that."

In a statement issued Wednesday, MLB said the league and the Blue Jays are “extremely disappointed” about the can-throwing incident.

“We appreciate the ongoing investigative efforts of the Toronto Police Service to identify the individual responsible,” MLB said. “Any fan who resorts to dangerous actions like last night’s – in Toronto or elsewhere – will be subject to arrest by local authorities.”

Many Canadian Twitter users condemned the beer toss as classless, and said the offending fan does not represent Canadian hospitality.

A few even crossed their fingers and hoped that the offending fan was hit by the ball from Edwin Encarnacion's walk-off home run in the 11th inning.

Others joked that the beer can was an expensive projectile to hurl, given the prices at Rogers Centre concession stands.

As one reporter for Yahoo Sports pointed out, this isn't the first case of a Toronto fan throwing beer at a Baltimore outfielder.

Meanwhile, Americans condemned the toss, while comparing it to the U.S. vice-presidential debate that took place at the same time.

Toronto police are investigating the incident. They urged the culprit to come forward on Wednesday, adding that they have photos of the person responsible.

Despite the uproar over the beer can toss, Edwin Encarnacion still won the night on Twitter, with his game-winning hit in the 11th inning. Encarnacion was the most-mentioned player through the night, and online conversation peaked during his home run, according to Twitter Canada.