Donaldson's bat helps lead Buehrle, Blue Jays to victory

In all, Blue Jays pitchers retired 18 straight Phillies batters before Darin Ruf singled with one out in the seventh.

The Blue Jays scratched out a run in the top of the second after Phillies starter Jerome Williams started the inning by hitting Justin Smoak with a pitch and Dalton Pompey beat out an infield hit on a slow roller up the middle.

Dayan Viciedo followed by grounding into a double play but Kevin Pillar's two-out single drove in Smoak for the first run of the game.

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Donaldson, acquired from the Athletics, added to Toronto's lead by leading off the fourth with a home run against David Buchanan, who is competing for a spot in the Phillies rotation.

Williams has been penciled into the Phillies rotation after going 4-2, 2.83 ERA in nine starts after being claimed on waivers from the Rangers last year.

Earlier in the season he'd been released by the Astros. Buchanan is competing for the fifth spot with Kevin Slowey and Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez.

"I just wanted to come in [on Smoak] and got too far in," said Williams, who was extended to three innings. "And the base hit through the hole, I just didn't locate it. So, it's back to the drawing board. Go out there and practice it."

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Donaldson's bat helps lead Buehrle, Blue Jays to victory