A's @ BLUE JAYS a Three-Piece featuring DIVISION Leaders....Swingin' ATHLETICS arrive "North of the Border" to face the blazin' BLUE BIRDS..."WEEKEND BENDERS" AL West Leader vs AL East Leaders #OAKvsTOR #BlackHoleHardball #CanadaHardball

The Oakland Athletics arrive in Toronto sporting an AL Best 30-17 W-L and coming off a taking two of three from the Tampa Bay Rays. The Toronto Blue Jays fresh off of a three game sweep of the Boston Red Sox are 26-22 and in the last well have past both the Bronx Bombers and Charm City O's for the #1 Slot in the AL East. Now we get meaningful hardball "North of the Border" and we are not even in June yet!

#SwinginAs ATHLETICS (30-17) 1st AL West

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#BlueBirds BLUE JAYS (26-22) 1st AL East

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Junior Circuit Division Leaders Three-Piece

May 23rd - May 25th

Friday May 23rd 7:07pm ET

OAK Kazmir (5-1) vs TOR Hendriks (0-0)

Saturday May 24th 1:07pm ET 

OAK Chavez (4-1) vs TOR Dickey (4-4)

Sunday May 25th 1:07pm ET 

OAK Pomeranz (4-1) vs TOR Happ (3-1)

The Athletics Starting Pitching is mitts down the best on the Junior Circuit as Kazmir, Chavez, and Pomeranz combine for a solid 13-3 record. The 'Jays will counter with Liam Hendriks just getting recalled from Triple A Buffalo and Knuckle Ball-Throwing R.A. Dickey and Mr. Happ.

"Monsters at the Dish" in OAK vs TOR

#SwinginAs 

1B Brandon Moss .291 Avg 10 HR 40 RBI 25 R
3B Josh Donladson .276 Avg 10 HR 35 RBI 39 R
LF Yoenis Cespedes .248 Avg 7 HR 29 RBI


#BlueBirds

LF Melkey Cabrera .320 Avg 8 HR 23 RBI 33 R
RF Jose Bats .297 Avg 12 HR 32 RBI 37 R
1B Edwin Encarnacion 13 HR 39 RBI
     
Note: Numbers from MLB.com