It's a two-lane highway when facing a Knuckle Ball Throwing Pitcher in the Show. Teams either chase him early...or its a mesmerizing long day. Well Saturday "North of the Border" in Toronto the 'Jays "Knuckler" R.A. Dickey was masterful vs the visiting Swinging Athletics.
Dickey almost went "Complete Job" going 8 1/3 innings allowing five hits and two runs and walked one striking out four. R.A. giving up just one mistake to A's OF Yoenis Cespedes a Solo HR to open the scoring in the 2nd and that was all for the mistakes. The Jays down 1-0 answered in the 3rd on a Melky Cabrera run-scoring single. They then put a crooked three up in the 5th on a Brett Lawrie Solo Bomb and a fielding error going up 4-1. Both Teams scored one more run each as the 'Jays go onto win 5-2 and stay perfect through the week at 5-0.
A's Starter Jesse Chavez went 5 1/3 innings allowing four runs on eight hits striking out four. The Blue Birds move to 28-22 and lead the AL East over the Bombers and O's while the A's fall to 30-19 still an AL Best W-L. 'Jays Captain Save-A-Game Brett Cecil gets his 3rd save.
AL EAST
AL West
Brett Cecil
Brett Lawrie
Jesse CHavez
Melky Cabrera
MLB
Oakland Athletics
R.A. Dickey
Toronto Blue JAYS
Yoenis Cespedes
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