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Halladay and Tavarez meet again in series finale

Apr 24, 2007 - 1:48 PM Toronto (9-10) at Boston (12-6) 7:05 pm EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) -- For the second time in six days, Roy Halladay and Julian Tavarez will match up when the Toronto Blue Jays face the Boston Red Sox.

Last Thursday, neither received a decision but that was because the Blue Jays bullpen failed to a hold a 3-1 lead for Halladay. Manny Ramirez tied the game with a two-run homer off reliever Shaun Marcum in the eighth inning and Boston won the game in the ninth.

Halladay (2-0, 2.37 ERA) was listed by manager John Gibbons after 7 1/3 innings. Lefthander Scott Downs retired David Ortiz before Marcum yielded the home run to Ramirez.

Tavarez (0-1, 6.75) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings before he was replaced.

Frank Thomas hit a two-run home run as Toronto snapped a five-game losing streak and ended Boston's five-game winning streak with a 7-3 triumph on Monday. Thomas has 490 career home runs and is three away from tying Fred McGriff and Lou Gehrig for 21st all-time.

Aaron Hill matched a career high with four hits, including a two-run homer in the ninth inning of Monday's game. Hill entered the night just 3-for-24 over his previous seven games. It is the first four-hit game by a Blue Jays player this season.

Boston's Mike Lowell extended his hitting streak to nine games with a single in the fourth inning. The third baseman is 15-for-35 with two doubles, three homers and 10 RBI during the streak.