TORONTO -- If the first half was an experiment in finding the right formula for future success, the Blue Jays might need only look to Sunday for an example of what that blueprint could look like in motion.

Toronto’s young players were once again front and center in a display that saw the home team come out on top of the Orioles, 6-1, at Rogers Centre. In a season focused on providing opportunities, several Blue Jays seized theirs in the series finale, providing a glimpse of what the club hopes the future will hold.

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“Obviously the organization’s going young and they’re giving opportunities to all the young guys and it’s very satisfying that we’re showing, we’re proving that we can do something this year,” catcher Danny Jansen said. “It’s very exciting, for the fans, for us, for us being teammates and knowing how hard everybody’s worked to get here.

“It’s a bit of a bummer for some of us, getting really hot going into the All-Star break, but it’s going to be a good second half.”

On the offensive, the lineup got started with a two-run home run from the ever-impressive Lourdes Gurriel Jr., continued with doubles from the red-hot Jansen, 20-year-old slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and fellow rookie Rowdy Tellez, and saw infielder Cavan Biggio do what he’s been doing best, using his first-class plate discipline to get on base.

“The recent performance of Lourdes Gurriel has been exceptional,” Toronto’s general manager Ross Atkins said on Saturday. “He’s been one of the better players in the game; his outfield play has been awesome. Cavan Biggio, his transition was as seamless as you could possibly ask.

“He’s almost identical to the player he was in the Minor Leagues and the power’s there, the plate discipline is elite. He, along with Danny Jansen and his progress recently, their plate discipline helps other hitters in our lineup. … It’s coming for a lot of players. And we’re really encouraged by how well Vladdy has handled his transition.”

Gurriel finished his day at the plate with two hits, taking the team lead with 16 homers and continuing his run since being recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on May 24, batting .335 (52-for-155) with 26 extra-base hits over that span. Guerrero and Jansen also head into the break off of multi-hit games, each with a double and single in the affair.

“Everybody’s having really good at-bats, even Biggio, who didn’t get any hits today, he finds a way to have good at-bats and hit a couple of deep fly balls [and walked],” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. “Of course, Danny Jansen, I’m really happy for the kid because he’s been working so hard and now he’s swinging it. He’s having good at-bats every day now. … He’s locked in at the plate.”

On the mound, Trent Thornton got the last start of the first half of the season for the Blue Jays and was coming off of two tough outings that followed a pair of impressive appearances in what has been and up-and-down season. In his most recent start against the Red Sox on Tuesday, the 25-year-old right-hander learned he was giving his opponents the upper hand and quickly found a way to deal with it.

“I was definitely tipping my pitches,” Thornton said on Thursday. “There was a little mechanical adjustment I had to make as well, but I watched video with Pete [Walker, Toronto’s pitching coach] for a while and we nipped that in the bud.”

Thornton didn’t show any signs of falling back into that habit on Sunday, shutting the Orioles out for six innings, allowing just three hits, walking none and striking out five in one of his best and most efficient outings of the year.

“I just want to learn from each outing,” Thornton said. “I’ve obviously had some good ones and some bad ones, and it’s about how you can continue to improve and go out there each time and give your team a chance to win.”

The young righty also brought his career total to 97 strikeouts, the third-most in franchise history by a hurler in their first 19 games and the most by a Blue Jays rookie prior to the All-Star break. He’s been encouraged by what the young core has been able to do and looks forward to more when the season continues.

“Within the last month, we’ve been coming ready to play every day,” Thornton said. “Our bats are hot, pitching’s been good. If we can continue to just build off that, we’re going to win a lot of games in the second half.”