Valencia, Jones homer as Orioles top Blue Jays 6-5

Toronto • Danny Valencia hit a two-run homer and Adam Jones added a solo shot to help the Baltimore Orioles beat R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Saturday.

The Orioles won for the fourth time in five games following a season-long, six-game losing streak.

Valencia connected off Dickey with a second-deck drive in the third inning, his second home run of the season — both in the past two days. Jones chased last year's NL Cy Young Award winner with an even longer drive in the seventh, his ninth of the year and third in three games.

Jones has eight home runs at Rogers Centre since the start of the 2012 season, the most by any opposing player.

The Orioles lead the majors with 68 home runs this season, including nine in the past three games.

Freddy Garcia (1-2) allowed three runs and nine hits in five innings to win for the first time since Aug. 15, 2012, when he beat Texas while pitching for the New York Yankees. Garcia walked none and struck out one.

Steve Johnson struck out five in 2 2-3 innings, Darren O'Day got one out and Jim Johnson closed it out in the ninth for his 15th save in 18 chances, snapping a streak of three straight blown saves.

The home runs off Dickey were the 10th and 11th he's allowed this season, tying him with four pitchers, including teammates Mark Buehrle and Brandon Morrow, for second-most in the AL.

Dickey (4-6), who won his previous two starts, matched his loss total from last season with the New York Mets. He allowed six runs and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings, walked three and struck out four.

Chris Davis hit an RBI double and J.J. Hardy added a two-run single as the Orioles took a 3-0 lead in the first. Baltimore has led 3-0 in all three games of this series, winning twice.

Adam Lind hit an RBI single in the bottom half and Emilio Bonifacio cut it to 3-2 with a one-out homer in the second, his second.

Valencia's homer made it 5-2, but Toronto got one back in the fifth when Garcia made a throwing error on Brett Lawrie's grounder, allowing Jose Bautista to score from third.

Jones made it 6-3 with a two-out shot in the seventh, but the Blue Jays rallied with two in the eighth. Johnson left after giving up an RBI single to Munenori Kawasaki, and Melky Cabrera drove in Toronto's fifth run with a single off O'Day.