Toronto, ON (My Sportsbook) - Shaun Marcum had a no-hitter through five innings and Rod Barajas hit a three-run home run, as the Toronto Blue Jays topped the struggling Oakland Athletics, 5-1, in the third contest of a four- game set.

Marcum (6-5) gave up one run on just three hits over seven innings, while fanning seven and walking two en route to the win. Adam Lind had two of the four hits for Toronto, which has won three straight and four of five.

Gio Gonzalez (0-1), whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Sacramento earlier Wednesday, made his major league debut for the A's. But he took the loss as he gave up four runs on four hits through six-plus innings of work. Bobby Crosby homered for Oakland, which has dropped a season-high nine straight contests.

"First inning, first pitch I was just hoping it would be a strike," Gonzalez said. "After that, just tried to stay down in the strike zone."

The Blue Jays got on the board, 3-0, in the first inning. Alex Rios clubbed a two-out double, Lyle Overbay drew a walk and Barajas cleared the table with a long three-run homer to left field.

"He fell behind in the count with me," Barajas said. "I was able to just sit on one pitch. He left it where I could do some damage and I took advantage of it."

Crosby broke up Marcum's no-hit bid in the sixth inning with a leadoff home run.

Marcum worked into and out of trouble in the seventh. The bases were loaded as Frank Thomas and Carlos Gonzalez singled and Jack Cust drew a walk. Mark Ellis then hit a grounder to shortstop John McDonald, who threw to Barajas to render Thomas out at home. Jack Hannahan grounded into a double play to kill the rally.

Toronto tacked on two more runs in the home half. Lind connected on a leadoff single before Santiago Casilla was called in from the bullpen. Scott Rolen then worked a walk and a wild pitch left both runners in scoring position.

Kevin Mench grounded out, but McDonald hit a slow roller back to Casilla. The pitcher flipped the ball to catcher Kurt Suzuki, who couldn't apply the tag in time, as all runners were safe to make it 4-1.

Marco Scutaro kept the rally going as he walked to load the bases, prior to Joey Devine coming on in relief. Pinch-hitter Matt Stairs hit a grounder to second base, plating Rolen to make it a four-run game, but McDonald was thrown out at home to end the inning.

Game Notes

Oakland has been outscored 47-17 over its nine-game skid and is a major league-worst 2-16 since the All-Star break...The teams combined for seven hits throughout the game...The Athletics also optioned infielder Gregorio Petit to Triple-A Sacramento and transferred infielder Eric Chavez from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list...Time of game was 2:15.