TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays are certainly relishing their role as playoff spoilers. The Jays got seven shutout innings from Brandon Morrow, and Brett Lawrie and J.P. Arencibia homered as Toronto took the first game of a four-game series with the AL East-leading New York Yankees 6-0 Thursday. It was welcome news for the idle Baltimore Orioles, who moved within a single game of the Yankees in the battle for the division title. Earlier in the week, the Jays helped out the Yankees by splitting a four-game series with Baltimore. "A solid outing on his part," Jays manager John Farrell said of Morrow's performance. "The use of all four pitches tonight enabled him to take advantage of the velocity that he did have. But I think more important was the overall mix of pitches rather than just pure velocity." Lawrie got things started for Toronto with his 10th homer of the season, a two-run shot in the third. Edwin Encarnacion drove in two more runs in the ...
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PLAYERS:
Brandon Morrow,
Brett Lawrie,
JP Arencibia,
John Farrell,
Edwin Encarnacion,
Nick Swisher,
Brad Lincoln,
Darren Oliver,
Ivan Nova,
Robinson Cano,
Anthony Gose,
Kelly Johnson,
Alex Rodriguez,
Yuniel Escobar,
Mark Teixeira,
Hiroki Kuroda,
Chad Jenkins
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox
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