Davis on his big night, plus Showalter, Wieters and Jimenez postgame quotes

TORONTO -- First baseman Chris Davis tonight became the first Oriole to ever have two 40-homer seasons. He hit his 39th and 40th and drove in three in the O's 10-2 rout of Toronto.

"It means a lot," Davis said. "I really don't focus a whole lot on personal goals. My goal is to come in here every day and do what I can to help the team win. There have obviously been a lot of great players who have come through this organization, so to be the first one, it's a good feeling, it's a humbling feeling, but the season's not over.

"Personal goals are what they are. I think the most important thing is for us to continue to keep going. This was a big win for us tonight. This team (Toronto) is playing well, obviously at the top of the division, making a run for it. And it was big for us to come in here and have the game we had."

For the second time this year, Davis has homered in three straight games. He is 6-for-13 over those three games with five homers and eight RBIs. He's rather locked in right now. Again.

"I think there for a while, as a whole offense we were just a little too aggressive, maybe pressing a little bit and trying to do too much," Davis said. "When you're not scoring a lot of runs that tends to happen, so I think really the last couple of games, we've beared down and tried to hit our pitch and not try to do too much."

Manager Buck Showalter took note of Davis reaching some nice round numbers tonight. He's now batting .255 with 40 homers and 100 RBIs.

"Pretty impressive, that was his 40th and 100," Showalter said. "I think you are going to see those things harder and harder to reach, if you look at the game the last two or three years. Not as many of those guys floating around anymore."

Here is Showalter on Davis becoming the first Oriole with multiple 40-homer years: "There were a lot of great players come through Baltimore. That is quite a feat. That's impressive. I get a good seat for it every night. I know the potential and the contact to damage ratio. What was his exit velocity tonight? Give me some more of those numbers."

Does the team feed off those Davis home runs?

"Not necessarily," Showalter said. "I don't believe that this guy carries you or that guy does. It is the greatest team game ever invented. I think people feed off themselves having good at-bats and trying to string things together. Knowing we have a hole to climb out of out to get back in this."

Catcher Matt Wieters tonight ended a 16-game stretch without an RBI and an 18-game stretch without a homer. He hit one following Davis' second in the sixth inning as the Orioles went back-to-back for the fourth time this season.

But Wieters' drive might not have been going out until left fielder Ben Revere's glove knocked it over the fence.

"I was thinking 'man that is what I needed - to get one over the fence,'" Wieters said. "It has been a while since I hit one and I'll take any help I can get right now. It was nice to get ahead. Setting the tone against this team the first few innings was big."

Here is Wieters on Davis and Davis' latest hot streak: "He's fun to hit behind. He's fun to watch do what he can do. There aren't many, if any, in this game when he gets hot, carry a team like he can. He's a big strong guy who barrels a lot of balls. It's fun to watch."

Ubaldo Jimenez walked six tonight to tie his career high, but he also held Toronto batters to an 0-for-6 against him with runners in scoring position. He got the win, allowing four hits and two runs (one earned) over 5 2/3 innings. He sure got some big outs with runners on base.

"The sinker was really good," Jimenez said. "I think I was getting on top of the ball and executing the pitches down in the zone and Wieters called a good game. I had too many walks, but I think I was able to give the team a chance to win and to be close on the scoreboard as much as I could."

Jimenez will certainly take this outing against easily the highest-scoring team in the majors, especially since his ERA was 7.50 in nine second-half starts at gametime.

"Yeah, you have to start from something," Jimenez said. "I think it was a good start. It wasn't perfect but it was a good start compared to the ones that I had before."

Both benches were warned in the seventh inning tonight when Adam Jones was hit by a pitch from Blue Jays pitcher Ryan Tepera.

"I understand what their thinking is and what is perceived," Showalter said. "It's kind of strange that someone gets hit on your team and you get a warning. Kind of glad Adam...they weren't throwing at him. I think four of their guys tonight hadn't pitched in four of five days. Every time someone gets hit with a pitch, it's not intentional. Trust me.

"Now tomorrow we'll try our rookie (Mike Wright) against their Cy Young guy (David Price) and see what happens. That's why the game is fun to watch. It's not played on paper."