TORONTO �� Andrew Cashner hasn't received much run support this season, and even though he's given the Orioles a chance to win on most nights, his better starts have often gone to waste.
On Friday night at Rogers Centre, Cashner put the Orioles in position to win again, grinding through a six-inning, three-run outing against the Toronto Blue Jays.
But the Orioles offense managed just two hits in seven innings against Toronto left-hander J.A. Happ, their only run coming on a botched double-play ball in a 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays.
Craig Gentry had three of the Orioles' five hits on the night. The rest of the batting order went 2-for-28.
After winning two games this week in New York while scoring two runs or fewer, the Orioles' record when scoring two runs or fewer fell to 3-25.
The Orioles (19-43) have lost nine of their past 11 games.
Cashner allowed a pair of solo homers, including one in the bottom of the second inning on a 3-0 count to Russell Martin. Randal Grichuk also homers in the fifth, marking the first homers that Cashner had allowed in four starts.
Gentry recorded the only two hits off Happ over seven innings � a leadoff single in the third and a two-out double in the fifth.
Happ has allowed just two runs in two starts against the Orioles spanning 13 innings this season. He allowed one run on six innings while striking out nine in a 7-1 Orioles loss at Camden Yards on April 9.
On Friday, Happ only struck out three, but pounded the zone and pitched to contact.
After winning two games against the Mets at CitiField despite scoring just three total runs, the Orioles have been dealt two tough loses in Toronto. They couldn't preserve a three-run ninth-inning lead before losing in 10 Thursday, and were frustrated by Happ, who won his fourth straight decision.
The Orioles scored their only run against Hap on Trey Mancini's second-inning grounder to shortstop that appeared to be an inning-ending double-play ball.
With two on and one out following a pair of walks to Danny Valencia and Mark Trumbo, Mancini hit a grounder to Aledmys Diaz, but second baseman Devon Travis' thrown to first went past Justin Smoak, allowing Valencia to score to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.
Cashner, who entered the night having received just 1.58 runs per start, the lowest among all Orioles starters, was helped by rookie catcher Austin Wynns in the third inning. Wynns erased a leadoff runner when he threw out Diaz attempting to steal third, then also forced out the lead runner with a heady throw to second on a nubber in front of the plate.
Cashner allowed three singles in the sixth, the latter of which � a Martin one-out single � gave Toronto a 3-1 lead. And Cashner became visibly upset with home plate umpire Tom Woodring after he didn't get a borderline full-count pitch to Grichuk, prompting pitching coach Roger McDowell to visit the mound to calm him down.
After no further damage that inning, Cashner recorded his fifth quality start of the season in 12 starts. Cashner (2-8) has won just one of his last 10 starts and the Orioles are just 3-10 in games he's started.
The Blue Jays (28-25) added an insurance run on Teoscar Hernandez's RBI triple to right off Tanner Scott, a ball Gentry slammed into the wall in pursuit of but remained in the game.
After the Orioles stranded runners at the corners in the top of the eighth, Kevin Pillar hit a solo homer off Mike Wright in the eighth to give the Blue Jays a 5-1 lead.
