Baltimore 6 at Toronto 4 - Recap

TORONTO -- Chris Davis, Jonathan Schoop, J.J. Hardy and Seth Smith homered, Wade Miley pitched six effective innings and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Friday night.

It was the seventh straight loss for the Blue Jays (1-9), who are off to the worst start in franchise history. The Orioles (7-2) have won the first two contests of the four-game series.

Miley (1-0) allowed three runs and five hits while striking out eight.

Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez (0-1) allowed three home runs and seven hits overall in surrendering five runs in 5 1/3 innings.

Justin Smoak hit a solo homer and had an RBI single for the Blue Jays.

Davis hit his third homer of the season to lead off the sixth, giving Baltimore a 5-3 lead. Sanchez was removed for Dominic Leone following Schoop's one-out single.

Darren O'Day replaced Miley and pitched around two singles in the seventh.

Brad Brach struck out the side in the eighth for Baltimore.

Smith hit his second homer of the season against Jason Grilli with two outs in the ninth.

Zach Britton allowed one run and three hits in the ninth but picked up his fifth save of the season and his 54th straight converted save opportunity overall.

Russell Martin led off the ninth with a single, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Devon Travis, who ended an 0-for-29 funk.

Kevin Pillar singled to keep the inning going but Steve Pearce struck out to end the game.

The Orioles led 1-0 in the second inning after Davis scored on a two-out wild pitch. Davis led off with a double and advanced to third on a groundout.

The Blue Jays took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second.

Kendrys Morales singled and went to third on a double by Troy Tulowitzki. Martin lined out to short before Smoak tied the game with an RBI single. Tulowitzki scored from third on a one-out error by Manny Machado on Darwin Barney's grounder to third.

Smoak hit his first home run of the season with two outs in the fourth to give Toronto a 3-1 lead.

Schoop hit his second homer of the season to lead off the fifth. Hyun Soo Kim then doubled and Hardy belted his first homer of the season to give Baltimore a 4-3 lead.

NOTES: Home plate umpire Dale Scott was removed from the field on a stretcher in the top of the eighth inning after he was hit in the mask by a foul tip. ... 3B Josh Donaldson (right calf strain) went on the disabled list Friday. He left the game Thursday after hitting an RBI double in the sixth inning. He missed part of spring training with the calf strain, which was aggravated Sunday in Tampa Bay. ... INF/OF Chris Coghlan had his contract selected from Triple-A Buffalo to share third base with INF Darwin Barney and INF Ryan Goins. Barney started Friday. C/1B Juan Graterol was designated for assignment to create 40-man roster room. ...The Orioles designated RHP Jason Garcia for assignment to make roster room for RHP Damien Magnifico, who was obtained Thursday night from the Milwaukee Brewers for an international signing bonus slot. ... The Orioles obtained LHP Paul Fry on Friday from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for an international bonus slot. RHP Parker Bridwell was designated for assignment to create roster room. ... Baltimore RHP Alec Asher (season debut) will start Saturday against Toronto RHP Marco Estrada (0-1, 5.73 ERA).