TORONTO >> Ernie Clement homered and had five RBIs, Bo Bichette homered and drove in three runs, and the Toronto Blue Jays used an eight-run second inning to rout the struggling Athletics 12-0 on Thursday night.

José Berríos (2-2) and two relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Blue Jays recorded their second straight shutout and fourth of the season. All four have come since May 20.

The Athletics have lost three straight and 14 of 15, getting outscored 117-44 in that span.

The A’s have been outscored by 101 total runs this season. They’ve lost by 10 or more runs an MLB-worst seven times.

Athletics left-hander Jacob Lopez (0-3) allowed seven runs and six hits in 1 2/3 innings, his third straight losing start.

Phillies 5, Braves 4, Game 1; Braves 9, Phillies 3, game 2 >> Chris Sale became the fastest pitcher to reach 2,500 strikeouts, pitched six scoreless innings and Atlanta beat Philadelphia to split a doubleheader.

Sale (3-3) struck out Edmundo Sosa in the sixth inning for his eighth strikeout, to reach the milestone. He did it in 2,026 innings, surpassing the record of 2,107 2/3 set by Randy Johnson.

Sale became the 40th pitcher in major league history to reach 2.500 strikeouts and joined Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer as the only active pitchers to have reached that plateau.

Rays 13, Astros 3 >> Junior Caminero homered and drove in a career-high six RBIs to lead Tampa Bay to a win over Houston.

The game was tied 3-all with no outs and two on in the seventh when Yandy Díaz’s RBI single put the Rays on top.

Caminero then connected off Bryan King (3-1) on his 11th homer this season to push the lead to 8-3.

The 21-year-old Caminero, who finished a triple shy of the cycle, drove in two more runs on a double in Tampa Bay’s five-run eighth that made it 13-3.