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Angels to hold Big A rubber match with Blue Jays

Sun 1st, June 2008

(Sports Network) - After having a three-game winning streak halted on Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays will attempt to get back on track when they close out a three-game weekend set against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this afternoon.

Last night, Juan Rivera's pinch-hit single in the bottom of the 10th inning plated Casey Kotchman for the winning run as the Angels edged Toronto, 3-2.

Scot Shields (3-1) got the win after he threw a scoreless top of the 10th for Los Angeles, which snapped a two-game slide. Brian Tallet (0-1) took the loss for the Blue Jays.

The game featured two strong performances from the starting pitchers. John Lackey threw eight innings for the Angels and allowed two runs -- one earned -- on six hits and a walk, while striking out seven. Shaun Marcum gave up just two runs in seven innings despite giving up 11 hits for the Blue Jays.

The Angels improved to 2-0 in extra-inning games, while Toronto fell to 3-4.

A.J. Burnett will take the mound for Toronto this afternoon, and he has a mediocre 5-5 record with a modest 4.57 ERA. Burnett does have 65 strikeouts in 69 innings of work, but he has also permitted 71 hits to go along with 31 walks.

The righty is 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in two career outings against the Angels.

Jon Garland is slated to oppose Burnett, and he is 5-3 with a 3.89 ERA this season. The right-hander pitched extremely well against Detroit on Monday, as he threw 7 1/3 shutout innings of four-hit ball. Unfortunately, he didn't figure in the decision.

Garland has already beaten the Blue Jays once this season and is 10-2 with a 4.17 ERA lifetime against Toronto.

The Angels took two of three from the Jays at the Rogers Centre from May 20-22. Toronto, though, holds a slight 8-7 edge in its last 15 visits to Anaheim.

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