Hernández hits 100th HR, Jays go deep 4 times, beat A's 10-8

TORONTO (AP) — Teoscar Hernández hit his 100th career home run, José Berríos took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and the Blue Jays survived a late scare to beat the Oakland Athletics 10-8 Saturday, Toronto’s sixth win in seven games.

Breyvic Valera hit a two-run homer while Danny Jansen and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each had solo shots as the Blue Jays boosted their home run total to 204. San Francisco had 201 home runs entering play Saturday.

Oakland pitchers allowed at least three home runs for the fifth straight game, extending a dubious franchise record.

Mark Canha hit a three-run homer for Oakland and finished with four RBIs. Sean Murphy added a two-run blast and Matt Chapman hit a solo shot.

The Athletics scored five runs in the ninth but still lost for the third time in four games.

Hernández’s milestone homer was a three-run shot off Jake Diekman in the seventh. It was his 24th of the season and second in two games.

Gurriel’s homer, his 16th, was also his second in two games. He hit a game-tying grand slam in the eighth inning of Toronto’s 11-10 victory Friday.

Gurriel added a three-run double off Burch Smith in the eighth. Gurriel finished 3 for 5 with four RBIs.

Jansen’s homer was his sixth and Valera’s was his first. Jansen went 3 for 4 with two doubles.

All nine Blue Jays starters had at least one hit as Toronto finished with 15.

Berríos (10-7) allowed three runs and four hits in 6 2-3 innings to win back-to-back starts. He walked none and struck out seven.

He hit the second batter of the game, Tony Kemp, but Kemp was caught stealing as part of a double play as Matt Olson struck out to end the first.

It was the first time Oakland had been caught stealing in 22 attempts, snapping their streak one shy of...

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