TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion led off the bottom of the 10th inning with his 13th homer of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Friday night.
The game-winning homer came on a 3-2 pitch against right-hander Brad Brach (5-1) and gave the win to right-hander Drew Storen (1-2) who pitched a perfect top of the 10th.
The Blue Jays (33-30) ended a five-game win streak by the Orioles (36-24). Each team has one win after two games of a four-game series.
Michael Saunders homered for the Blue Jays.
Chris Davis and Jonathan Schoop hit home runs for the Orioles.
Toronto right-hander Marco Estrada allowed four hits, four walks and three runs before right-hander Jesse Chavez replaced him in the seventh and pitched two hitless innings. Estrada struck out eight.
Baltimore right-hander Kevin Gausman allowed eight hits, two walks and three runs (two earned) in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out four.
The Orioles fell behind 2-0 before the Orioles got a solo homer from Schoop in the fifth and a two-run shot from Davis in the sixth.
Davis, who also homered Thursday, hit his 14th home run off the season on a first-pitch cutter from Estrada after Manny Machado led off the sixth with a walk.
The Blue Jays tied it in the bottom of the sixth when Justin Smoak doubled with one out and scored on a single by Russell Martin.
Darwin Barney led off the bottom of the seventh and was sacrificed to second by Ezequiel Carrera. Right-hander Mychal Givens replaced Gausman and struck out Josh Donaldson and finished the inning on Edwin Encarnacion’s line out to center.
Right-hander Roberto Osuna entered the game for the Blue Jays in the ninth and had a perfect inning.
Brach had a perfect bottom of the ninth to force extra innings.
The Blue Jays opened the scoring with an unearned run in the first inning.
Ezequiel Carrera led off with a bunt single and moved to third on Gausman’s throwing error on a pickoff attempt at first base. Josh Donaldson hit an RBI single to right to put Toronto on the scoreboard.
The Orioles did not have a runner on base until Hyun Soo Kim walked with one out in the fourth inning. Chris Davis took the second walk of the inning with two out and Mark Trumbo struck out swinging to end the frame.
Saunders led off the bottom of the fourth with his 10th homer of the season, giving Toronto a 2-0 lead. Justin Smoak followed with a walk and Russell Martin sacrificed him to second. Gausman ended the inning on two fly outs.
Schoop ended the no-hit bid with one out in the fifth when he belted an 0-2 cutter to left center for his ninth homer of the season. Nolan Reimold and Ryan Flaherty followed with singles to left. Reimold took third after Adam Jones flied out to center, but Kim struck out to end the inning.
NOTES: Blue Jays RF Jose Bautista (sore right thigh) did not start Friday and is listed as day to day. He left the game Thursday for a pinch runner in the sixth inning. OF Ezequiel Carrera started in right field Friday and batted leadoff. … Blue Jays RHP Marcus Stroman did not factor in the decision Thursday in the Orioles’ 6-5 win after allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings. Stroman has not pitched six innings in three straight starts and in four of his past five. … Orioles LHP Zach Britton set a club record Thursday when he earned his 19th save in 19 chances to open the season. RHP Chris Ray was 18-for-18 to open the 2006 season for Baltimore. … Orioles RHP Mike Wright (3-3, 5.14 ERA) will face Blue Jays LHP J.A. Happ (6-3, 3.57) in the third game of the four-game series on Saturday.