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Chris Davis hits two homers to power Orioles over Blue Jays 10-2

The Canadian Press Published Friday, September 4, 2015 10:26PM EDT

Baltimore Orioles' Chris Davis hits a two-run home run during sixth inning AL baseball action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on September 4, 2015. (Darren Calabrese / The Canadian Press)

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TORONTO -- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis homered twice off Blue Jays starter Drew Hutchison as Baltimore thumped Toronto 10-2 Friday night at the Rogers Centre.

Baltimore (65-69) has won three straight meetings between the two clubs.

The loss was the Blue Jays' (76-58) first defeat by more than three runs since July 4, when they fell 8-3 to the Detroit Tigers.

The Jays loss, coupled with the Yankees' 5-2 win over Tampa Bay, cut Toronto's lead in the American League East division to a half game.

Ubaldo Jimenez (10-9) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run on four hits while walking six and striking out four.

Hutchison (13-3) allowed six earned runs on nine hits and struck out two in five-plus innings of work. It was his first home loss since May 20.

Josh Donaldson had a sacrifice fly for the Blue Jays.

Matt Weiters and Adam Jones also hit home runs for the Orioles.

Tied 2-2 in the sixth, Davis took Hutchison deep to left with a two-run shot, his second home run of the game and league-leading 40th of the season.

Wieters followed up with a solo home run, which bounced off the glove of Blue Jays left-fielder Ben Revere before clearing the wall.

After allowing five straight Baltimore hits in the sixth, Hutchison was replaced by Liam Hendriks. Jonathan Schoop gave the Orioles a 6-2 lead, scoring on a sacrifice fly from Manny Machado.

The Orioles added to their lead in the eighth. Gerardo Parra doubled off Bo Schultz to score a pair. Jones' two-run home run gave Baltimore a 10-2 lead.

Baltimore got on the board in the second when Davis led off with a solo shot to the second deck. Five batters later, third baseman Ryan Flaherty's RBI double gave the Orioles a 2-0 lead.

The Blue Jays cut into Baltimore's lead in the bottom half of the second inning as Chris Colabello scored on an error. Toronto tied the game 2-2 when Ryan Goins scored on Donaldson's sac fly in the fifth inning.

Notes: Blue Jays RHP Marcus Stroman threw a bullpen session pre-game as part of his rehab assignment. ΓÇª Toronto LHP David Price gets the ball Saturday afternoon. The Orioles will counter with RHP Mike Wright.