Orioles 10, Blue Jays 2
TORONTO -- Chris Davis hit two home runs and had three RBIs on Friday as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 10-2.
It was the second straight two-homer game for the Orioles' first baseman.
Center fielder Adam Jones added a two-run homer for the Orioles (65-69) and catcher Matt Wieters hit a solo shot.
Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (10-9) allowed four hits, six walks and two runs (one earned) in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four.
Blue Jays right-hander Drew Hutchison (13-3) allowed nine hits -- including three home runs -- and six runs in five-plus innings to end a string of five straight wins. He struck out two.
The loss cut the Blue Jays' lead in the American League East to a half game over the second-place New York Yankees.
After Toronto (76-58) tied the game at 2 in the fifth, Hutchison failed to get an out in the sixth. Jones led off with a single, and Davis followed with his second homer of the game and his 40th of the season.
It was the sixth hit for Davis in the past eight at-bats that included five home runs and eight RBIs.
On the next pitch, Wieters hit his sixth homer of the season, a ball that hit left fielder Ben Revere's glove before clearing the fence.
Hutchison allowed a double to second baseman Jonathan Schoop and a single to DH Jimmy Paredes before right-hander Liam Hendriks replaced him.
Left fielder Steve Pearce loaded the bases on an infield single fielded by Hendriks. Shortstop Manny Machado hit a sacrifice fly to left and Baltimore led 6-2.
The Orioles added four runs in the eighth against right-hander Bo Schultz. Right fielder Gerardo Parra hit a two-run double, and Jones hit his 25th homer of the season.
The Orioles scored twice in the second inning.
Davis drove a 2-1 fastball into the second deck in right field for his 39th home run of the season to lead off the inning.
DH Jimmy Paredes singled with two outs in the second, and left fielder Steve Pearce was hit by a pitch. Third baseman Ryan Flaherty hit an RBI double that right fielder Jose Bautista barely failed to catch near the wall.
The Blue Jays scored a run in their half of second.
First baseman Chris Colabello walked with one ou,t and catcher Russell Martin singled. Second baseman Ryan Goins forced Martin at second with a grounder to first. Davis was charged with an error when he could not handle the return throw from shortstop Manny Machado on the attempted double play as Colabello scored.
The Blue Jays pulled even in the fifth on a sacrifice fly to the warning track by third baseman Josh Donaldson. It scored Goins, who led off the inning with a walk, took second on a single by center fielder Kevin Pillar and took third on left fielder Ben Revere's groundout to second.
NOTES: Orioles RHP Miguel Gonzalez (right shoulder tendinitis) went on the 15-day disabled list Friday retroactive to Monday. ... The Orioles recalled OF Junior Lake and RHP Jorge Rondon from Triple-A Norfolk. ... Baltimore RHP Mike Wright (left calf strain) was reinstated from the disabled list on Friday. ... Orioles 1B Chris Davis led off the bottom of the 11th Wednesday with a walk-off homer, a club-record seventh for the Orioles this season. ...RHP Marcus Stroman (left knee surgery) is expected to rejoin the Blue Jays next week. He had rehabilitation start with Class A Lansing on Wednesday when he allowed no hits and struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings. He will make one more rehab start Monday with Triple-A Buffalo. ...LHP David Price (13-5, 2.47 ERA) will start the middle game of the three-game series for Toronto with Wright (2-3, 4.99 ERA) starting for Baltimore.