Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Toronto 8, Baltimore 5
When: 7:07 PM ET, Thursday, July 28, 2011
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Alan Porter, 1B - Rob Drake, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 16152

Edwin Encarnacion homered, doubled and drove in a pair of runs to power the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.

Rookie Eric Thames also homered and had two RBIs and J.P. Arencibia had a two-run double as Toronto won the rubber match of the three-game series.

Carlos Villanueva (6-2) earned his first win since June 25 despite a shaky five-inning effort. He allowed four runs on six hits.

Colby Rasmus, acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday as part of an 11-player trade, went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts in his Toronto debut.

Brad Bergesen (2-6) lasted just three innings for the Orioles, surrendering six runs – four earned – on six hits.

J.J. Hardy hit a pair of solo homers, Vladimir Guerrero added a solo blast and Adam Jones had a two-run single for Baltimore, which dropped to 2-11 on the road in July.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   Toronto
Bradley Bergesen Player Carlos Villanueva
Loss W/L Win
3.0 IP 5.0
0 Strikeouts 1
6 Hits 6
12.00 ERA 7.20
Hitting
Baltimore   Toronto
J.J. Hardy Player Edwin Encarnacion
3 Hits 3
2 RBI 2
2 HR 1
10 TB 7
.600 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 8 3 18 .229 11 3 5 3 1 2
Toronto 12 2 22 .333 18 6 7 4 0 1