Athletics 8, Blue Jays 5
TORONTO -- Chris Coghlan hit a three-run homer, Sonny Gray pitched seven innings and the Oakland Athletics extended their winning streak to six games by holding on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-5 on Friday.
Gray (3-1) allowed six hits, three walks and three runs while striking out seven as Oakland (10-7) improved to 7-0 in road games this season.
Right-hander Ryan Madson pitched the ninth to earn his seventh save of the season.
Khris Davis added two hits, including an RBI single for Oakland.
Darwin Barney hit a solo home run and had an RBI single for the Blue Jays (8-10), who have lost three straight games.
Toronto right-hander Aaron Sanchez (1-1) allowed 10 hits (including a home run), one walk and six runs in 4 1/3 innings. He also hit a batter, was charged with a wild pitch and struck out three.
The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none out in the sixth but scored only one run.
Barney led off with a walk, Ezequiel Carrera doubled and Josh Donaldson walked to load the bases for Jose Bautista who hit a sacrifice fly to center.
Edwin Encarnacion lined out to center and Justin Smoak walked to load the bases again. Josh Thole, who entered the game at catcher for Russell Martin in the sixth, grounded out to second on a full count.
Martin was taken out of the game as a precaution after experiencing neck spasms.
The Blue Jays chipped into the lead again in the seventh. Kevin Pillar led off with a single, advanced to second on a fly to left by Ryan Goins and scored on Barney's single.
Right-hander Ryan Dull replaced Gray for the eighth inning. He allowed a two-out walk to Encarnacion and a single to Smoak after an 11-pitch at-bat to leave runners at the corners for Sean Doolittle. The left-hander walked Thole to load the bases and Pillar singled in two runs to trim the lead to one run.
The A's took a three-run lead in the ninth against closer Roberto Osuna. Josh Reddick led off with a single, took second on a groundout before Coco Crisp was intentionally walked with two out. David singled home Reddick and Crisp scored right behind him on left fielder Carrera's error.
The A's scored once in the first inning. Coghlan was hit by a pitch with one out, Reddick singled and Stephen Vogt doubled to give Oakland a 1-0 lead,
Davis, Yonder Alonso and Marcus Semien each singled to open the second. Davis was thrown out at home on Semien's hit. Billy Burns grounded to shortstop for a force at second and just beat the throw to first to avoid the double play.
On the next pitch, Coghlan hit his third homer of the season and the A's led 4-0.
The A's loaded the bases with one out in the third but Sanchez worked out of the jam.
The Blue Jays' first hit of the game was Barney's first homer of the season. It came with two out in the third.
Oakland scored twice more in the fifth. Jed Lowrie singled and scored on a wild pitch after moving to third on Vogt's double. Crisp followed with an RBI double.
After Sanchez retired Davis on a grounder to third, left-hander Chad Girodo, just called up from Triple-A Buffalo, made his major-league debut and retired his first two batters to end the inning.
NOTES: Blue Jays 1B/DH Chris Colabello has been suspended for 80 games after a positive drug test revealed the presence of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, which goes under the brand name Oral Turinabol. ...LHP Chad Girodo was called up from Triple-A Buffalo to take the roster spot. ... Toronto manager John Gibbons said RHP Drew Hutchison will be recalled from Buffalo to start the game Sunday so RHP Marcus Stroman can have an extra day off. Hutchison is expected to return to Buffalo after the start. ...Toronto SS Troy Tulowitzki (hip) and LF Michael Saunders (hamstring) were out of the lineup Friday. Neither injury is considered serious ...Athletics 3B Danny Valencia (strained left hamstring) was put on the disabled list Friday, and INF/OF Tyler Ladendorf was recalled from Triple-A Nashville. ...Oakland RHP Chris Bassitt (0-0, 2.79 ERA) will start the second game of the series Saturday against Toronto LHP J.A. Happ (2-0. 1.89 RRA)