Blue Jays 6, Athletics 3
TORONTO -- Ezequiel Carrera and Jose Bautista hit home runs, Drew Hutchison pitched into the sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Khris Davis, Josh Reddick, Chris Coghlan hit solo homers for Oakland.
The Blue Jays (10-10) took the final two games of the three-game series after dropping the opener and gave the Athletics (10-9) their first losses on the road this season. The A's had won their first seven road games.
Hutchison (1-0) allowed four hits, including two solo home runs, three walks and two runs in 5 2/3 innings after being recalled from Triple-A Buffalo for the spot start. The right-hander struck out five.
Right-hander Roberto Osuna pitched the ninth inning to earn his sixth save.
Athletics left-hander Eric Surkamp (0-2) allowed two home runs among nine hits, four walks (one intentional) and six runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Davis led off the second inning with his second homer of the season.
Carrera, who had a career-best four hits on Saturday, tied the game when he led off the third inning with his first homer of the season and his second hit of the day.
The Blue Jays scored three more runs in the third. Josh Donaldson doubled and Troy Tulowitzki was walked intentionally with two outs. Justin Smoak, Kevin Pillar and Darwin Barney each hit an RBI single to put the Blue Jays into a 4-1 lead.
Bautista hit his fourth homer of the season in the fourth inning after Donaldson walked and the Blue Jays led 6-1.
Reddick hit his fourth homer of the season with one out in the sixth.
Right-hander Jesse Chavez replaced Hutchison with two out and the bases empty in the sixth and struck out Davis.
Coghlan led off the seventh with his fourth homer of the season, and his second of the series, to trim the lead to three runs. After Marcus Semien was retired on a fly to the warning track in center, left-hander Brett Cecil replaced Chavez and got the final two outs of the seventh.
Right-hander Drew Storen pitched a perfect eighth for Toronto.
NOTES: Oakland INF/OF Tyler Ladendorf started at second base on Sunday, his first appearance of the season. He was recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Friday when INF Danny Valencia (hamstring) was put on the disabled list. ... Toronto C Russell Martin was a late scratch from the lineup. C Josh Thole took Martin's place behind the plate and batted ninth. Martin has had neck spasms and they forced him from the game Friday after five innings but he returned to play Saturday. ... The Blue Jays will start RHP Marcus Stroman (3-0, 4.13 ERA) in the opener of a three-game series Monday at Rogers Centre against Chicago White Sox LHP Chris Sale (4-0, 1.80 ERA). ... Oakland RHP Kendall Graveman (1-1, 2.04 ERA) will start the opener Monday of a four-game series at Detroit against the Tigers, who will start RHP Jordan Zimmerman (3-0, 0.00 ERA).