The Bluebirds are winless in their last seven coming off a win.

Kendall Graveman did little to make frustrated Oakland Athletics fans forget about the trade that sent Josh Donaldson to Toronto in the offseason. He scored on Reyes’ one-out RBI single.Bautista’s homer, another solo shot, made it 3-0 in the sixth.

But Donaldson’s new teammates might have upstaged his return with their own power at the plate. The Blue Jays out-hit the A’s 10-8.Donaldson was charged with the game’s only error, an errant throw on a grounder by A’s shortstop Marcus Semien in the third inning.Graveman (6-6) lost his second consecutive decision.

Encarnacion hit his 19th homer leading off the second, and Bautista connected on the first pitch he saw in the sixth.

Buehrle has given up two earned runs or fewer in nine straight starts. He had enabled one particular look through the initial four innings, with the Jays bankrupt the act avaliable and chased down the right-hander utilizing a five-run rising among the fifth, cover through a three-run homer by Justin Smoak. LF Jake Smolinski, who hit two of his Oakland’s season-high five homers in Sunday’s rout of Minnesota, is 5-for-9 in four games since his recall from the minors on July 8.2.

Blue Jays: RHP Aaron Sanchez allowed two runs and recorded two outs in a rehab assignment for Triple-A Buffalo. Manager John Gibbons had said if Sanchez pitched well he could join the Blue Jays bullpen Thursday. In the wake of Toronto’s 4-0 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday, they’ll try and reverse that trend Tuesday against the Oakland Athletics. A’s CF Coco Crisp (cervical strain) took live batting practice before the game for the first time since going on the disabled list May 20…. Lefty reliever Sean Doolittle (strained left shoulder) played catch out to 105 feet and is expected to throw a bullpen session by the end of the month.

The Blue Jays rank 1st in scoring (5.30 rpg), while on the mound they are 23rd in ERA (4.10).

Athletics: RHP Sonny Gray (10-4, 2.29 ERA) will try to rebound from one of his worst starts of the season. For the first time this season, he yielded multiple home runs when Brian Dozier went deep to lead off the game and Trevor Plouffe belted a grand slam.