Gaviglio delivers and Diaz does rest

The Blue Jaysavoided wasting a career-best night by starter Sam Gaviglio with an 8-7 walkoff win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night, thanks to a 10th-inning RBI single by Aledmys Diaz.

Toronto led by five heading into the eighth inning with Gaviglio still on the mound, a personal-best eight strikeouts already in the books. With two out and Adam Jones aboard on a single, though, a Chris Davis homer carved the Jays’ lead to 7-4 and ended Gaviglio’s night.

Seunghwan Oh closed out the inning before Tyler Clippard came on for the ninth and surrendered three runs, including solo homers by Caleb Joseph and Jonathan Schoop, to tie it up. Ryan Tepera stopped the bleeding while John Axford earned the win after tossing a clean 10th, setting things up for Diaz — who went 4-for-5 on the night.

With Russell Martin and Randal Grichuk aboard — on a twoout single and walk, respectively — Diaz singled off Baltimore reliever Paul Fry to score Martin with the winning run. The Jays are 9-4 in extra innings this season, 6-3 at the Rogers Centre.

The home side’s first hit after the all-star break was a solo homer to left by Diaz, his ninth of the season, off Orioles starter Dylan Bundy in the third inning. The Orioles went ahead in the fifth on a two-run shot by Tim Beckham after a Renato Nunez double.

Martin and Grichuk responded in the bottom of the frame with back-to-back solo homers . A sacrifice fly by Teoscar Hernandez and Justin Smoak RBI double made it 5-2 Jays.

That was the end of the night for Bundy, charged with five runs on five hits through five. Jhan Marinez pitched a clean sixth before the Jays got to Mychal Givens for two more runs in the seventh.

Gaviglio went a career-high 72⁄ innings and is expected to 3 remain in the rotation with Aaron Sanchez still struggling with a bruised right index finger.