TORONTO – Roy Halladay pitched seven solid innings to win his fifth straight start, Alex Rios hit two homers and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Friday night to extend their season-high winning streak to six.

Rios hit a solo homer in the third and a two-run drive in the eighth for his third career multihomer game and second this season.

The AL East-leading Rays have lost three of four.

Halladay (18-9) allowed three runs, one earned, and seven hits. He struck out seven and walked none.

Scott Downs followed Halladay with a scoreless eighth. B.J. Ryan gave up Jason Bartlett’s RBI double in the ninth but struck out Carlos Pena with runners at second and third for his 27th save in 30 opportunities.

Andy Sonnanstine (13-7) lost for the first time in seven starts, allowing four runs and five hits in six innings.

Athletics 11, Orioles 2

BALTIMORE – Rajai Davis’ grand slam was the only Oakland hit in an eight-run eighth inning, and the Athletics topped the six-run barrier for the first time in 41 games.

The victory ended Oakland’s four-game skid and extended Baltimore’s season-high losing streak to seven games.

The big eighth enabled Oakland to avoid tying a franchise record for consecutive games without scoring more than six runs. The Philadelphia Athletics went 41 straight games without scoring more than a half-dozen runs from Sept. 23, 1915, to May 20, 1916, and the 1916 A’s matched the mark from June 29-Aug. 8.

Hours before the game, the Orioles announced that manager Dave Trembley would return in 2009.

Oakland starter Dallas Braden (5-3) allowed four hits and two runs, one earned, in five innings.

Chris Waters (2-2) gave up three runs and five hits in 5 1-3 innings for Baltimore.