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Scott Downs worked the eighth, extending his scoreless innings streak to 26, the longest current streak in baseball. B.J. Ryan struck out the first two batters he faced before Brandon Jones ended it with a fly out to deep left. Ryan picked up his 16th save in 18 opportunities.
Rios went 2-for-4 with two doubles and is batting .387 (24-for-62) with nine doubles in his past 17 games.
Burnett won for the third time in four starts. The right-hander has allowed just three earned run in his past 20 innings at Rogers Centre since being booed off the mound after allowing eight runs in 4 1-3 innings a 9-5 loss to Baltimore on June 7.
Burnett walked Kelly Johnson and Mark Teixeira to begin the fourth but got Brian McCann to fly out and escaped when Greg Norton grounded into a 1-6-3 double play.
Norton opened the Atlanta seventh with a double and went to third one out later on a wild pitch, but Burnett ended his afternoon by fanning Jones and Brent Lillibridge.
The Blue Jays went 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position but got the only run they needed in the sixth against left-hander Jo-Jo Reyes (3-6).
Marco Scutaro hit a one-out single and scored when Rios followed with a double down the line in left. With McCann blocking the plate, Scutaro slid in just ahead of the relay throw from Lillibridge.
Reyes allowed one run and six hits in seven innings. He has won just two of his past 10 starts.
Toronto catcher Rod Barajas threw out Gregor Blanco on an attempted steal of second in the third. It was the first time this season Blanco has been caught stealing.
Notes: 3B Chipper Jones (right quad) was held out of the starting lineup for the eighth straight game. The Braves are 4-12 this season when Jones does not start. ... Atlanta was also without INF Yunel Escobar (shoulder) and INF Omar Infante (hamstring). ... With Blue Jays 2B Aaron Hill (concussion) still sidelined, INF David Eckstein has started taking grounders at second base. Eckstein, who was the DH Sunday, has made 49 starts at SS this season.
[Associated Press]
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