Rays stumble at start of trip, fall 6-4 TORONTO . Roy Halladay pitched seven solid innings to win his fifth straight start, Alex Rios hit two homers and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Friday night to extend their season-high winning streak to six. Rios hit a solo homer in the third and a two-run drive in the eighth for his third career multihomer game and second this season. The AL East-leading Rays have lost three of four. Halladay (18-9) allowed three runs, one earned, and seven hits. He struck out seven.Toronto Blue Jays VS Minnesota Twins MLB Tickets.

Rios powers Jays to 6th straight win Tickets, Alex Rios homered twice and Roy Halladay pitched seven strong innings as the streaking Toronto Blue Jays downed the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 Friday night.

Early Evening Red Sox Delight - 9/5 Josh Baseball is back tonight for the Boston Red Sox. Tonight the Boston Red Sox kick off a 3-game road trip against the Texas Rangers in the heart of Texas. So far this season the Red Sox are 7-0 against the Rangers with all of those games at the Fens. The Red Sox will start their own Texan in Josh Beckett who was activated from the disabled list before the game. Beckett's last start came back on August 17th when he was lit up like the Rockefeller Christmas tree by the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto Blue Jays VS Minnesota Twins Tickets.

Jays win sixth straight behind Halladay (AP) Roy Halladay pitched seven solid innings to win his fifth straight start, Alex Rios hit two homers and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Friday night to extend their season-high winning streak to six. Rios hit a solo homer in the third and a two-run drive in the eighth for his third career multihomer game and second this season. Cheap Toronto Blue Jays VS Minnesota Twins Tickets.

MLB Game Lines (Sept 5) MLB, National League 7:10 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies - B Myers 1.18/1 New York Mets - M Pelfrey .78/1 7:10 PM ET Chicago Cubs - T Lilly .69/1 Cincinnati Reds - B Arroyo 1.31/1 7:35 PM ET Washington Nationals - J Bergmann 1.48/1 Atlanta Braves - J Jurrjens .61/1 8:05 PM ET San Diego Padres - J Geer 3/1 Milwaukee Brewers - C Sabathia .28/1 8:15 PM ET Florida Marlins - R Nolasco 1.01/1 St Louis Cardinals - B Looper .90/1 9:05 PM ET Houston Astros - B Moehler 1.40/1 Colora.

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14 Days to Determine a Season: Game 14 ? Yearning for Kansas Rogers Centre (Baseball), It's not quite ?87 but there can be no misunderstanding ?There?s no place like home.  And after two weeks of draining losses and endless frustration the Twins have finally finished this road odyssey and will once again find themselves under those cozy Teflon confines tonight. The boys had left Kansas.ng ago but never found the ruby slippers or cleats to tap three times, instead they were distracted by the man behind the curtain long enough to get effectively bitch-slapped by the munchkins.

Baseball Today: Friday, September 5 Toronto, Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach LITTLE BIG MAN: That was the headline Ray Capobianco came up with for the newspaper today, and were there ever three words more apt than those? Yesterday's off-day gave everyone a chance to reflect on the phenomenon that is Dustin Pedroia. Our own Joe McDonald did, and he was joined by Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe, Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald and Paul Doyle of the Hartford Courant. Pedroia's being touted as the American League MVP favorite.

J.P. Ricciardi - GM Trade History ONT, MLBTR contributor Brendan Bianowicz has completed the J.P. Ricciardi trade history. Download the spreadsheet here.

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 9/5 Rogers Centre (Baseball) Tickets, The Boston Red Sox head into a 3-game set with the Texas Rangers trailing the Tampa Bay Rays by 3.5 games in the AL East. They also hold a 5.5 game lead over the Minnesota Twins and 7.5 game lead over the New York Yankees in the wild card standings. While the Red Sox will try to get a sweep in Texas, they will be counting on their AL East brethren the Toronto Blue Jays to help them out with some wins against the Rays. The Red Sox will get Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell back from the disabled .