TORONTO -- Adrian Gonzalez's three-run home run keyed a four-run eighth inning Tuesday as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 10-9, sending Toronto to its sixth straight loss.
Andre Ethier also homered in the eighth against Darren Oliver (3-2) and had three RBIs as the Dodgers erased an 8-3 deficit against a tired Toronto bullpen for their fifth win in a row.
Mark Ellis also drove in three runs for the Dodgers (52-47), while Jerry Hairston added a solo homer.
Jose Reyes had a two-run home run and three RBIs for the Blue Jays (45-54), who held a closed-door, players-only meeting that lasted more than an hour before the game.
Jose Bautista and Mark DeRosa had solo home runs for Toronto, which outhit the Dodgers 15-13. Brett Lawrie and Bautista each had two RBIs.
Former Toronto reliever Brandon League (4-3) pitched two-thirds of an inning to pick up the win. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 12th save despite allowing a run.
Down 10-8 in the ninth, the Blue Jays made a push when J.P. Arencibia singled home Adam Lind, but Lawrie ended the game with a fly to the warning track in left.
Blue Jays starter Todd Redmond held the Dodgers to three runs and seven hits over 5 2-3 innings, while Dodgers counterpart Chris Capuano allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 1-3 innings.
The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a single by Lawrie, a double by Reyes and a single by Bautista.
The Dodgers tied the game 2-2 in the fourth on infield hits to third by Yasiel Puig and Hanley Ramirez, a double by Ethier that scored one run and a single by Ellis that plated another.
The Blue Jays regained their two-run edge in the bottom of the inning on DeRosa's fifth homer of the season with one out, a double by Rajai Davis, an infield single by Arencibia and a sacrifice fly by Lawrie.
Bautista hit his 23rd homer of the season with one out in the fifth to put the Blue Jays up 5-2 and chase Capuano in favour of Carlos Marmol.
Hairston hit his second homer of the season with two out in the sixth to cut the lead to 5-3 and Brett Cecil came out of the Toronto bullpen to replace Redmond after Tim Federowicz doubled.
The Blue Jays added three runs in the sixth against Marmol -- two on Reyes' fifth homer of the season after Arencibia led off the inning with a double and scored on Lawrie's single.
Down by five, the Dodgers didn't quit. They scored three in the seventh to cut the lead to 8-6 on singles by Puig, Gonzalez and walks to Ramirez and Ethier that forced in a run. After Dustin McGowan replaced Cecil, Ellis greeted him with a two-run single and Hairston was hit by a pitch to load the bases again.
McGowan struck out Federowicz and then got the force at home on a close play to end the inning after he was hit by a line shot by Nick Punto and retrieved the ball.
Gonzalez hit his 15th homer of the season against Oliver in the eighth after Carl Crawford led off with a single and Puig walked. Ethier hit his seventh homer of the season with one out.
Notes: Attendance at Rogers Centre was 32,158. ... Davis had the start in centre field for the Blue Jays against the left-handed starter Capuano, with regular CF Colby Rasmus on the bench. ... The Blue Jays juggled their lineup with Bautista returning the third spot after 59 games hitting second, 1B Edwin Encarnacion dropping back to fourth and LF Melky Cabrera returning to the No. 2 spot. ... In losing 14-5 to the Dodgers on Monday, the Blue Jays committed five errors in a game for the first time since May 18, 2011. .... RHP Esmil Rogers (3-4, 3.84 earned-run average) will start the series finale on Wednesday against RHP Ricky Nolasco (6-9, 3.75 ERA).
