Thursday American League Capsules.
OAKLAND, California Its all coming self-possessed for Jesse Litsch.
Litsch tossed seven outstanding shot to help lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 12-0 coup over the Oakland Athletics.
Kevin Mench and Rod Barajas combined for six hits, five RBI and four runs scored for Toronto, which took the gum pair of the three-game succession. It also was the win in seven games for the Blue Jays.
Litsch (7-1) continual to be on his game, soft just seven hits and a walk while striking out . The , who posted a over the Kansas City Royals last Saturday, won his fifth even certitude.
Thursdays outing was the eighth this year in which Litsch has particular up two runs or less. He lengthy his smudge of scoreless turn to 16 with the impressive carrying out.
Conversely, it was a harrowing outing for Athletics starter Dana Eveland (4-4) in more ways than one.
After being in the torso by a ball hit by Shannon Stewart in the first, Eveland also took a shot off his foot by Marco Scutaros specific in the second. From that on, the seven runs, 11 hits and two walks before being after 4 1/3 frames.
Toronto scored a pair of runs in the second , one each in the third and quarter and three in both the fifth and sixth to dimensions a double-numeral room.
Of the Blue Jays 17 hits off pitchers, the only homer came off the bat of prior Athletic Stewart, who belted his first of the period with one on in the off Lenny DiNardo to complete the scoring.
CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida John Danks tossed six persuasive round as the Chicago White Sox a 5-1 success over the red-hot Tampa Bay Rays.
Joe Crede and Paul Konerko each homered for the White Sox, who have won four of their last five games.
Danks (4-4), who seven scoreless runs in a 6-0 win over Tampa Bay on April 20, sanctioned just one run and six hits while striking out eight and hard-wearing one Thursday.
Chicago knocked around Tampa Bay starter Edwin Jackson (3-4), who four runs and 10 hits in six with two and four strikeouts.
Akinori Iwamura recorded two hits for the Rays, who the game with a 21-9 home track record, including a 5-1 mark on their term-high, 10-game .
MINNESOTA 5, KANSAS CITY 1
KANSAS CITY, Missouri Kevin Slowey came within one out of a shutout as the Minnesota Twins protracted the Kansas City Royals behind element to 11 games with a 5-1 jubilation.
Slowey (2-4) his second undiluted win, limiting Kansas City to one run and six hits en means to his first profession complete game. The 24-year-old righthander out six without a walk.
Carlos Gomez only if a portion of the offense for the Twins, working 4-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored. Alexi Casilla collected three hits and Joe Mauer added two and multitude in a run.
Luke Hochevar (3-5) suffered his third in a row loss, yielding five runs, nine hits and with three strikeouts for the Royals, who are winless since frosting the Florida Marlins on May 18.
