ORIOLES ROCK BLUE JAYS 10-2

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.

Toronto ace David Price gets the ball in the second game of the set on Saturday afternoon, while the Orioles will counter with Mike Wright.