Rays-Jays: Toronto Is Tampa Bay's Slump Buster

The Rays were reeling and they desperately needed some victories. Good thing the Toronto Blue Jays came to town. Tampa Bay improved to 8-3 against Toronto this season, taking two out of three games to pull closer to the new leader of the American League wild card race, the Texas Rangers. It wasn't easy, as the Blue Jays came in determined to change their fortunes at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay has been Roy Halladay's kyrptonite, but in game one of this weekend's series, it would be Halladay who would get the last laugh. Halladay spun a gem, allowing two runs and striking out six in eight innings while his offense gave him just enough support, including homers from Adam Lind and Lyle Overbay in the 5-2 Blue Jays victory. The bright spot for Tampa Bay was yet again All-Star Left fielder Carl Crawford, who went 4-for-4 with a run scored. Toronto built a 5-0 lead early in the game and it was more than enough for Halladay, who coasted to his 13th win of the season, his first a...