BALTIMORE -AP- Jonathan Schoop went 3 for 4 with a home run,Yovani Gallardo and three relievers shut down the torrid-hitting Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles ended Toronto's four-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Saturday.Manny Machado also had three hits for the first-place Orioles, who improved to 25-12 at Camden Yards.Gallardo (2-1) came off the 15-day disabled list to allow two runs, five hits and four walks over five innings. The right-hander was pitching for the first time since April 22 after being sidelined with shoulder tendinitis. 
Mychal Givens gave up one hit in two innings and Brad Brachworked the eighth before Zach Britton got three outs for his 21st save.After the Blue Jays used a single and two walks to load the bases in the ninth, Britton got Josh Donaldson to hit into a game-ending 4-6-3 double play.Toronto had outscored its opponents 44-10 during its winning streak, including a 13-3 pounding of the Orioles on Friday night.Ezequiel Carrera homered for the Blue Jays, who lost for only the second time in nine games.Knuckleball specialist R.A. Dickey (4-8) gave up three runs, two earned, and seven hits in six innings. The 41-year-old fell to 2-7 lifetime against the Orioles, including 0-5 with the Blue Jays.Baltimore went up 2-0 in the first inning, getting one run on a fielder's choice and another when catcher Josh Thole couldn't handle a Dickey knuckleball with a runner on third base.Carrera homered with one out in the third. Toronto then loaded the bases before Gallardo struck out Justin Smoak and Troy Tulowitzki, who was activated from the disabled list before the game.Schoop made it 3-1 in the bottom half with his 11th homer. The drive came immediately after Carrera made a leaping catch at the right-field wall and doubled up rookie Joey Rickard at first base.Toronto closed to 3-2 in the fourth when Devon Travis hit an RBI double. But Travis made the mistake of trying to stretch it into a triple with no outs and was thrown out at third base.The Blue Jays got only three hits the rest of the way.Baltimore made it 4-2 in the eighth against Jason Grilli. Schoop and Machado singled before Mark Trumbo drove in a run by hitting into a fielder's choice.
Mychal Givens gave up one hit in two innings and Brad Brachworked the eighth before Zach Britton got three outs for his 21st save.After the Blue Jays used a single and two walks to load the bases in the ninth, Britton got Josh Donaldson to hit into a game-ending 4-6-3 double play.Toronto had outscored its opponents 44-10 during its winning streak, including a 13-3 pounding of the Orioles on Friday night.Ezequiel Carrera homered for the Blue Jays, who lost for only the second time in nine games.Knuckleball specialist R.A. Dickey (4-8) gave up three runs, two earned, and seven hits in six innings. The 41-year-old fell to 2-7 lifetime against the Orioles, including 0-5 with the Blue Jays.Baltimore went up 2-0 in the first inning, getting one run on a fielder's choice and another when catcher Josh Thole couldn't handle a Dickey knuckleball with a runner on third base.Carrera homered with one out in the third. Toronto then loaded the bases before Gallardo struck out Justin Smoak and Troy Tulowitzki, who was activated from the disabled list before the game.Schoop made it 3-1 in the bottom half with his 11th homer. The drive came immediately after Carrera made a leaping catch at the right-field wall and doubled up rookie Joey Rickard at first base.Toronto closed to 3-2 in the fourth when Devon Travis hit an RBI double. But Travis made the mistake of trying to stretch it into a triple with no outs and was thrown out at third base.The Blue Jays got only three hits the rest of the way.Baltimore made it 4-2 in the eighth against Jason Grilli. Schoop and Machado singled before Mark Trumbo drove in a run by hitting into a fielder's choice.
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