TORONTO — Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki hit back-to-back home runs, Jose Bautista also connected and the Toronto Blue Jays won for the eighth time in 10 games, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Friday night.
Ian Kinsler and Anthony Gose homered for the slumping Tigers, who have lost seven of eight.
R.A. Dickey (9-10) pitched 6 2/3 innings as the AL East-leading Blue Jays improved to 19-5 in August. Toronto has won 22 of its past 28.
Dickey left after Gose’s two-out homer in the seventh. Mark Lowe came on and struck out Davis.
Aaron Sanchez worked the eighth and Roberto Osuna struck out the side in the ninth for his 16th save.
All three Blue Jays homers came off rookie Matt Boyd (1-5), one of the three left-handed pitchers acquired by Detroit in the July 30 trade that sent David Price to Toronto.
INDIANS 3, ANGELS 1: Trevor Bauer, starting in place of an ill Danny Salazar, allowed one run in eight innings and Cleveland won at home.
ROYALS 3, RAYS 2: Kendrys Morales hit his 15th homer, Edinson Volquez pitched into the seventh inning and the AL Central-leading Kansas City won at St. Petersburg, Florida.
Morales put the Royals up 3-1 with a two-run shot in the third off Erasmo Ramirez (10-5) that struck an overhanging catwalk. He has 89 RBI this season, including a majors-best 46 with two outs.
RANGERS 4, ORIOLES 1: Cole Hamels delivered his best performance yet for host Texas, striking out 10 in eight innings during a win over Baltimore.
Star outfielder Adam Jones started for the Orioles, a day after he ran into a wall and was forced to leave, but Baltimore lost for the eighth time in nine games.
TWINS 3, ASTROS 0: Eduardo Nunez homered and Kyle Gibson pitched 52/3 scoreless innings to help host Minnesota to victory over AL West-leading Houston.
Gibson (9-9) gave up four hits, struck out four and walked three. Kevin Jepsen picked up his ninth save.
MARINERS 2, WHITE SOX 0: Kyle Seager and Franklin Gutierrez both had three hits and a homer and Taijuan Walker allowed three hits before leaving with an injury in the seventh inning as Seattle won at Chicago.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PHILLIES 7, PADRES 1: Rookie Aaron Nola pitched seven strong innings and Cameron Rupp homered and drove in four runs, leading Philadelphia at home.
Rookie Aaron Altherr had an RBI triple as the Phillies ended their four-game losing streak. He has seven hits in the majors, all for extra bases.
MARLINS 4, NATIONALS 3: Martin Prado and Marcell Ozuna homered off Washington starter Max Scherzer, and Miami won on the road.
Scherzer (11-11) went seven innings, allowing four runs and six hits.
PIRATES 5, ROCKIES 3: Pinch-hitter Josh Harrison singled home Francisco Cervelli with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh bullpen continued its hot streak in a victory at home.
BREWERS 5, REDS 0: Taylor Jungmann pitched six strong innings and fellow rookie Domingo Santana homered to lead Milwaukee at home.
Jungmann (8-5) limited the Reds to three hits and three walks while striking out five.
INTERLEAGUE
YANKEES 15, BRAVES 4: Didi Gregorius drove in a career-high six runs, Brian McCann hit a three-run homer in his return to Atlanta, and New York shook off a scoring slump.
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