White Sox 3 - 0 Blue Jays
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Burnett, Vazquez square off in Toronto

Jun 1, 2007 - 1:19 PM Chi White Sox (24-25) at Toronto (25-28) 7:07 pm EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) - The Toronto Blue Jays host the Chicago White Sox on Friday, hoping to build upon the emotional lift their ace gave them on Thursday.

Roy Halladay made his triumphant return to the mound at Rogers Center on Thursday, tossing seven scoreless innings in his first start since having an emergency appendectomy just three weeks ago.

Halladay's return should provide a much-needed boost for the underachieving Blue Jays - winners of just 12 of 28 contests in May.

Toronto will send No. 2 starter A.J. Burnett (5-4, 4.06 ERA) to the mound on Friday. The 30-year-old righthander had a string of three straight wins snapped in his last outing, when he allowed four runs - three earned - in eight innings to take the loss at Minnesota.

Three of Burnett's four losses this season have come against American League Central opponents, with a loss May 1 at Cleveland joining Sunday's loss at Minnesota and his first start of the season at Detroit.

Against the Indians, Burnett allowed seven runs in five innings. Against the Tigers, he lasted a season low two innings, surrendering six runs.

The White Sox will counter with Javier Vazquez (2-3, 4.50). The veteran righthander is in the midst of a seven-start winless streak during which he owns a 5.28 ERA.

Vazquez has never fared well against Toronto, owning a 3-4 mark with a 5.35 ERA in 10 career starts.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0
    TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ, BOBBY JENKS (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI
    TOR - A.J. BURNETT, SCOTT DOWNS (8TH), BRIAN WOLFE
    (8TH) AND JASON PHILLIPS

    HOME RUNS: CHA - NONE
    TOR

    Jun 1 9:41 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TADAHITO IGUCHI SCORED JERRY OWENS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T IGUCHI ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    TORONTO 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J THOME (.289, 0-FOR-3)

    White Sox vs. Blue JaysJun 1 9:09 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TADAHITO IGUCHI SCORED JERRY OWENS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T IGUCHI ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
    TORONTO 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J THOME (.296, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox vs. Blue JaysJun 1 7:52 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    PASSED BALL BY JASON PHILLIPS ALLOWED JUAN URIBE TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J OWENS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    TORONTO 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: T IGUCHI (.220, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox vs. Blue JaysJun 1 7:50 PM

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