TORONTO (Interstat) — Adley Rutschman went 4 for 4 with a home run and five runs batted in, and Brandon Young pitched six and one-third solid innings as the Baltimore Orioles routed the Toronto Blue Jays 13-3 on Friday night at Rogers Centre before a crowd of 41,801.

The game lasted 2 hours, 49 minutes.

Baltimore improved to 31-33, while Toronto dropped to 30-34.

Rutschman, the Orioles catcher, opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning, his eighth of the season. The blast came after an umpire review upheld the call on the field. It was the beginning of a dominant night for Rutschman, who also hit two doubles and a single. He drove in runs in the sixth, eighth and ninth innings.

Young allowed three earned runs on seven hits while striking out four and walking none. He improved to 4-1 on the season. Trey Yesavage took the loss for Toronto, falling to 2-3. He surrendered six earned runs on five hits over five and two-thirds innings, striking out five and walking two.

The Blue Jays struck back in the bottom of the first. George Springer led off with a double, moved to third on a Nathan Lukes groundout and scored on a sacrifice fly by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. That tied the game 1-1.

The score remained 1-1 until the bottom of the fifth, when Toronto took its only lead. Kazuma Okamoto singled and Andrés Giménez struck out before Brandon Valenzuela hit a two-run homer to right-center field, his sixth of the season, scoring Okamoto and putting Toronto ahead 3-1. Valenzuela finished 1 for 3 with two RBIs.

Baltimore answered decisively in the top of the sixth. Jackson Holliday led off with a double, his first of the year. After Taylor Ward struck out, Gunnar Henderson walked. Rutschman then doubled to center field, driving in both Holliday and Henderson to tie the game 3-3. Pete Alonso struck out, but Jeremiah Jackson singled to center to score Rutschman and give the Orioles a 4-3 lead. Coby Mayo then homered to left field, his eighth, plating Jackson and making it 6-3. The inning ended when Colton Cowser flied out to left. Baltimore sent eight batters to the plate and scored five runs on four hits.

The Orioles added three runs in the eighth. Rutschman singled to center, Alonso singled to right, and Jeremiah Jackson singled to center to score Rutschman. Mayo reached on a fielder’s choice that forced Alonso out at home, but Cowser singled to center to score Jackson. Leody Taveras then grounded out to second, allowing Mayo to score and making it 9-3.

Baltimore put the game away with four more runs in the ninth. Ward singled, Henderson singled, and Rutschman doubled to center to score both. Alonso walked, and after an infield fly, Mayo struck out. Cowser singled to load the bases, and Taveras reached on a throwing error by third baseman Kazuma Okamoto, allowing Rutschman and Alonso to score. Cowser moved to third on the play. Holliday lined out to end the inning with Baltimore ahead 13-3.

The Blue Jays never threatened after the fifth inning. Young retired the side in order in the sixth and seventh before being relieved by Grant Wolfram, who pitched two-thirds of a perfect inning. Anthony Nunez worked a scoreless eighth, allowing one hit and striking out one, and Yennier Cano pitched a perfect ninth with one strikeout.

For Toronto, Adam Macko pitched one and one-third scoreless innings with three strikeouts, and Tyler Heineman pitched one-third of an inning without allowing a hit. The Blue Jays managed eight hits, including two from Springer and two from Okamoto.

Baltimore also received contributions from Mayo, who hit his eighth home run and drove in two runs, and from Cowser, who had two hits. The Orioles finished with 13 hits, while the Blue Jays recorded eight.

Valenzuela’s two-run homer in the fifth was the only bright spot for Toronto’s offense, which had runners on base but failed to capitalize. Springer’s double in the first and Valenzuela’s home run accounted for all of Toronto’s runs. The Blue Jays also had a runner thrown out on the bases in the second inning when Andrés Giménez was caught stealing second by Rutschman.

Baltimore’s bullpen combined for two and two-thirds scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out two.

Rutschman’s four-hit performance was his best of the season. In his previous four games, he had gone 1 for 5 against Boston on June 4, 2 for 5 against Boston on June 3, 1 for 3 against Boston on June 2, and 0 for 2 against Toronto on May 31. His five RBIs were a season high.

Baltimore has now won three of its last four games and five of its last seven. Toronto has lost four of its last five.

The two teams continue their series Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Baltimore will play the Blue Jays again Sunday before returning home to host Seattle on Monday. Toronto hosts Philadelphia on Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Baltimore 7, Toronto 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Toronto with a 58.00 percent probability to win. Toronto had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 16 went under the over/under line of 8.