Davis' 2 homers power Athletics past Blue Jays, 5-4

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Khris Davis hit two home runs, Ryon Healy hit his first career homer and Sonny Gray snapped a 12-game winless streak as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday.

Davis was 2 for 4 in his ninth career multi-homer game, three of which came this season. The A's have homered six times in two games, three of them by Davis.

The Blue Jays, who'd won eight of nine games going into the All-Star break, lost to Oakland for a second straight day to start the second half.

The A's are 12-10 since a dreadful stretch from May 1 to June 19 in which they lost 29 of 44.

Gray (4-8) ended a career-worst seven game skid. He was 0-7 with a 6.16 ERA over his previous 12 starts. He allowed three runs on six hits and four walks in six innings.

The 24-year-old Healy, playing in his second game since being called up from Triple-A Sacramento for the first time on Friday, crushed a 66 mph pitch off knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (7-10) for his first major league hit.

Dickey, who'd won five of his previous eight starts, allowed five runs on five hits, including 3 homers, and three walks in six innings.

Josh Thole was 2 for 3 with a two-run double for the Blue Jays and Edwin Encarnacion hit his 24th homer leading off the top of the third off Gray.

Justin Smoak hit a solo homer, his 10th, off A's closer Ryan Madson, who pitched the ninth for his 19th save.

CHALLENGING TIMES

A day after a replay ruling on a play at the plate figured prominently in an A's 8-7 win, home plate was the center of two more challenges -- on the same play. After Blue Jays manager John Gibbons' challenge overturned an A's scoring play in the bottom of the seventh inning, A's manager Bob Melvin challenged the reversal, contending that catcher Thole blocked Marcus Semien's path to the plate. Replay officials rejected Melvin's argument. On Friday, Josh Reddick scored the tiebreaking run on a play at the plate that was overturned on a challenge.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Athletics: C Josh Phegley, on the disabled list since July 2 with a strained right knee, could resume baseball activities within a week. ... LHP Sean Doolittle, out since June 26 with a left shoulder strain, could start throwing within a week. ... No timetable has been established for RHP's Henderson Alvarez (right shoulder surgery) and Fernando Rodriguez (right shoulder strain), out since March 25 and July 4.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ is 6-0 with a 2.73 ERA over his last six starts. The Blue Jays are averaging 10.1 runs over that stretch. Happ (12-3, 3.36 ERA) has already tied his career high for wins in a season and opens the second half on pace to win 20 games.

Athletics: In his last seven starts, LHP Rich Hill is 6-0 with a 2.05 ERA with no home runs allowed. He is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in two starts since coming off the disabled list (left groin strain) on July 1. He is 1-1 with a 4.76 ERA in 10 career appearances against Toronto.