Toronto, ON (My Sportsbook) - Matt Stairs finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, and starter Roy Halladay hurled eight solid innings as Toronto topped Oakland, 6-1, in the opener of a four-game set at Rogers Centre.

Marco Scutaro, Lyle Overbay, Adam Lind and Brad Wilkerson drove in a run each for the Blue Jays, who have won two of three.

Halladay (13-8) allowed four hits and one run while fanning eight, winning for the fifth time in seven starts.

Bobby Crosby's homer was the lone offense for the Athletics, who have dropped seven in a row and 10 of 11. Sean Gallagher (1-1) took the loss, charged with four hits and five runs -- four earned -- over three innings. He struck out four, but walked four and hit two batters.

Crosby's fifth homer of the season, a one-out shot to dead center in the eighth, finally put Oakland on the board, but Toronto countered in the home half.

David Eckstein doubled with one out, followed by a single from Alex Rios. Overbay's weak grounder to third turned into a run when A's catcher Kurt Suzuki dropped Jack Hannahan's throw home allowing Eckstein to score.

Scott Downs kept the A's off the board in the ninth and locked up the win.

The Blue Jays picked up a run in the second, as Gallagher drilled Scutaro with the bases loaded, forcing in a run.

Toronto picked up four more runs in their next turn at-bat. They loaded the bases once more on a double from Rios, walk to Overbay and a Rod Barajas single.

Lind was hit by a pitch, then Gallagher uncorked a bouncer that was credited as a passed ball to Suzuki which scored Overbay and made it 3-0. Stairs followed with an RBI single and Wilkerson's sacrifice fly scored the Jays' fifth run.

Game Notes

Halladay lowered his ERA to 2.77...Gallagher fell to 4-5 overall on the season...Prior to the game, the A's announced that third baseman Eric Chavez will undergo season-ending surgery on his right shoulder...Toronto left 12 men on base, while Oakland stranded five.