BALTIMORE — The Toronto Blue Jays did just about everything necessary to end their miserable losing streak.

They got a fine pitching performance from ace Roy Halladay, reached double figures in runs for the first time since May 6 and twice had an apparently secure lead.

And still, the Baltimore Orioles rallied for an unlikely 12-10 victory yesterday.

Nolan Reimold hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning, providing the Orioles with their first three-game winning streak of the season and extending the Blue Jays' skid to nine games.

"Been a long time since we had a lot of fun like that," said Baltimore manager Dave Trembley, shortly after Reimold had his postgame interview interrupted by a shaving-cream pie in the face, courtesy of teammate Robert Andino.

Baltimore trailed 8-3 when Halladay left after seven innings, and 10-8 after Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer in the top of the 11th.

But after Luke Scott hit an RBI single off Brian Wolfe (1-1) to put runners at the corners with one out in the 11th, Reimold sent a 1-1 fastball over the wall in left-center, his fourth homer in 13 games since being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk.

"I didn't see the replay, how much of the plate it got, but he definitely went down and got it," Wolfe said.

Danys Baez (4-1) pitched three innings for the Orioles, who got a home run from Scott and a career-high four hits from Andino in completing a three-game sweep. Baltimore was 0-24 when trailing after seven innings.

"It was just such a great, great atmosphere in our dugout today," Trembley said. "I'm glad we got the win for the team."

TWINS 4, RED SOX 2:

Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-3) tied a franchise record set 80 years ago with four wild pitches, two relievers added two more and Boston tied a modern-day record with six wild pitches while host Minnesota's Kevin Slowey (7-1) gave up two runs on six hits in six innings.

MARINERS 6, ATHLETICS 1:

Russell Branyan hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and Erik Bedard (3-2) allowed a run and five hits in 6 2/3 innings as visiting Seattle beat Oakland. The A's scored when Bobby Crosby snapped a 72-game, 243 at-bat homerless streak with a drive in the second that tied it at 1.

TIGERS 8, ROYALS 3:

Rookie Rick Porcello (6-3) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings to win his fifth straight start, Placido Polanco homered and drove in three runs, and Miguel Cabrera also went deep as visiting Detroit took two of three from Kansas City.

ANGELS 3, WHITE SOX 1:

Jered Weaver (4-2) gave up a run and four hits with eight strikeouts in eight innings, Brian Fuentes completed the five-hitter for his 13th save, and Bobby Abreu drove in two runs as host Los Angeles rallied past Chicago.

INDIANS 12, RAYS 7:

Ben Francisco homered and drove in four runs and host Cleveland earned its first three-game winning streak of the season by defeating Tampa Bay. The Rays lost their fourth straight and have dropped 16 in a row in Cleveland since a 1-0 win on Sept. 29, 2005.

YANKEES 9, RANGERS 2:

A.J. Burnett (3-2) won for the first time since April 14, spacing three hits over six shutout innings, Hideki Matsui homered twice and visiting New York gained a share of the AL East lead with Boston by beating Texas for its 12th win in 15 games.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CARDINALS 3, BREWERS 2:

Nick Stavinoha, who had a run-scoring fielder's choice in the first and a sacrifice fly in the third, doubled to lead off the sixth and scored on Jason LaRue's single to make it 3-2 in the top of the sixth inning as St. Louis beat Milwaukee to move back into first place in the NL Central.

DODGERS 8, ROCKIES 6:

Juan Pierre and Mark Loretta hit RBI singles with two outs during a five-run top of the seventh-inning rally, capped by James Loney's three-run double, as Los Angeles completed a three-game sweep of Colorado. The Rockies scored three in the ninth and had the bases loaded when pinch-hitter Brad Hawpe grounded out to end it.

REDS 6, ASTROS 1:

Jay Bruce homered twice and Bronson Arroyo (7-3) gave up four singles, a double and one walk in his seventh career complete game and first this season, leading Cincinnati to its first three-game home sweep of Houston.

MARLINS 6, PHILLIES 2:

Burke Badenhop (3-2) allowed one run and five hits over five innings, and Dan Uggla and Cody Ross hit homer as visiting Florida beat Philadelphia. The Phillies' Brett Myers (4-3) gave up five runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 before leaving with right hip inflammation.

METS 7, NATIONALS 4:

Daniel Murphy hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, a call overturned by umpires after a replay review, for a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, and Johan Santana (7-2) gave up three runs and three hits with 11 strikeouts over six innings as New York finished off a three-game sweep of Washington.

PADRES 8, DIAMONDBACKS 5:

Adrian Gonzalez hit his major league-leading 18th home run and drove in three runs, and Heath Bell got the final out for his major league-leading 14th save in 14 chances as visiting San Diego defeated Arizona for its 11th win in 12 games.

GIANTS 6, BRAVES 3:

Randy Johnson (4-4) gave up a run on three hits in six innings to earn his 299th career victory and struck out five to run his career total to 4,843, second-most in baseball history, as host San Francisco made it two in a row over Atlanta.