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TOR: Towers(0-5, 10.45 ERA)
BOS: Clement(2-2, 6.14 ERA)
Toronto (14-12) at Boston (15-12) 7:05 pm EDT
BOSTON (Ticker) -- Josh Towers will try to put a disastrous first month of the season behind him and end his recent failures against the Boston Red Sox in the same game.
After losing each of his five starts in April, Towers will try to give the Toronto Blue Jays a two-game sweep of the Red Sox on Thursday.
Towers (0-5, 10.45 ERA) surrendered seven runs and six hits in 2 1/3 innings of a 17-6 loss to the New York Yankees on Saturday, concluding an April in which he gave up 38 hits and 25 runs in 20 2/3 frames.
Two of Towers' major league-leading five losses in April came against Boston, which has gone 0-5 against the rest of Toronto's staff this year. Towers has posted a 5.92 ERA in dropping his last four starts vs. Boston, dating to 2004.
Russ Adams delivered a ninth-inning RBI double off Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, who had entered with a scoreless streak of 21 1/3 innings, dating to September, to lift the Blue Jays to a 7-6 triumph Wednesday.
Blue Jays closer B.J. Ryan survived a passed ball and throwing error by Gregg Zaun in the bottom of the frame to preserve Toronto's 16th win in 25 games vs. Boston since the beginning of last year.
Ryan is riding a 17-inning scoreless streak, dating to September 24, when he allowed two runs in a 4-3 loss to Boston. After half of his four losses in 2005 came against the Red Sox, Ryan has allowed just one hit in 5 1/3 innings vs. Boston this year.
With eight losses in their last 12 games overall, the Red Sox will turn to Matt Clement (2-2, 6.14) to salvage a split of the series. Boston has averaged seven runs per game in Clement's first five starts of 2006.
With an 8-6 loss here on April 13, Clement fell to 0-3 with a 9.45 ERA in his first five lifetime starts against Toronto. He rebounded to defeat the Blue Jays for the first time 10 days later by allowing three runs - two earned - and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 6-3 win in Toronto.
Former Red Sox Shea Hillenbrand belted a two-run homer Wednesday and has hit .457 (21-for-46) with three homers and 11 RBI in his last 13 games. He had hit just .217 in his first 11 games of the season.
BOS: Clement(2-2, 6.14 ERA)
Toronto (14-12) at Boston (15-12) 7:05 pm EDT
BOSTON (Ticker) -- Josh Towers will try to put a disastrous first month of the season behind him and end his recent failures against the Boston Red Sox in the same game.
After losing each of his five starts in April, Towers will try to give the Toronto Blue Jays a two-game sweep of the Red Sox on Thursday.
Towers (0-5, 10.45 ERA) surrendered seven runs and six hits in 2 1/3 innings of a 17-6 loss to the New York Yankees on Saturday, concluding an April in which he gave up 38 hits and 25 runs in 20 2/3 frames.
Two of Towers' major league-leading five losses in April came against Boston, which has gone 0-5 against the rest of Toronto's staff this year. Towers has posted a 5.92 ERA in dropping his last four starts vs. Boston, dating to 2004.
Russ Adams delivered a ninth-inning RBI double off Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, who had entered with a scoreless streak of 21 1/3 innings, dating to September, to lift the Blue Jays to a 7-6 triumph Wednesday.
Blue Jays closer B.J. Ryan survived a passed ball and throwing error by Gregg Zaun in the bottom of the frame to preserve Toronto's 16th win in 25 games vs. Boston since the beginning of last year.
Ryan is riding a 17-inning scoreless streak, dating to September 24, when he allowed two runs in a 4-3 loss to Boston. After half of his four losses in 2005 came against the Red Sox, Ryan has allowed just one hit in 5 1/3 innings vs. Boston this year.
With eight losses in their last 12 games overall, the Red Sox will turn to Matt Clement (2-2, 6.14) to salvage a split of the series. Boston has averaged seven runs per game in Clement's first five starts of 2006.
With an 8-6 loss here on April 13, Clement fell to 0-3 with a 9.45 ERA in his first five lifetime starts against Toronto. He rebounded to defeat the Blue Jays for the first time 10 days later by allowing three runs - two earned - and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 6-3 win in Toronto.
Former Red Sox Shea Hillenbrand belted a two-run homer Wednesday and has hit .457 (21-for-46) with three homers and 11 RBI in his last 13 games. He had hit just .217 in his first 11 games of the season.
