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Blue Jays aim for season-high sixth straight win

May 27, 2008 - 12:03 PM Toronto (28-25) at Oakland (28-23) 10:05 pm EDT

OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - The surging Toronto Blue Jays open up a nine-game road trip Tuesday when they visit the Oakland Athletics.

Toronto has won 10 of its last 13 and are a season-high three games above .500. The Blue Jays have also tied a season high with five straight wins.

Toronto completed a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals over the weekend with each starter going at least seven innings.

A.J. Burnett (5-4, 4.69 ERA) looks to continue Toronto's momentum when he takes the mound. The righthander has won his last two starts and allowed three runs and six innings during Toronto's 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Thursday.

Oakland comes in winners of four straight and swept the Boston Red Sox over the weekend.

Rookie lefthander Greg Smith (2-4, 3.18) hopes to snap a personal four-game losing streak when he faces the Blue Jays.

Despite losing his last start, Smith pitched well, allowing just two runs in seven innings during Oakland's 3-2 setback to Tampa Bay on May 20.






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    KB24 Added 5 roots

    Blue Jays 1, Athletics 3  FinalMay 28 7:24 PM


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

    BATTERIES: TOR - A.J. BURNETT, BRIAN TALLET (6TH), SHAWN CAMP (7TH), ARMANDO
    BENITEZ (8TH) AND ROD BARAJAS
    OAK - GREG SMITH, ALAN EMBREE (7TH), HUSTON STREET
    (9TH) AND KURT S

    May 28 12:52 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEVIN MENCH SCORED ALEX RIOS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K MENCH ON FIRST, S ROLEN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 1
    OAKLAND 3 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: L OVERBAY (.281, 0-FOR-3)

    Blue Jays 1, Athletics 3  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 28 12:34 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BOBBY CROSBY SCORED JACK HANNAHAN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B CROSBY ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0
    OAKLAND 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J CUST (.248, 0-FOR-2)

    Blue Jays 0, Athletics 3  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 27 11:25 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JACK HANNAHAN SCORED KURT SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J HANNAHAN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0
    OAKLAND 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: B CROSBY (.264, 0-FOR-2)

    Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 27 11:23 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY ROD BARAJAS ALLOWED EMIL BROWN TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0
    OAKLAND 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M ELLIS (.239, 0-FOR-0)

    Blue Jays 0, Athletics 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 27 10:41 PM

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