Friday, May 23, 2008

Toronto - Kansas Series Preview

Friday May 23,2008. Jays v Royals.

The very worst thing that the Jays can do with this series is take the Royals for granted. They are definitely not a pushover team. Have just played a couple of hard games against Boston that they could have won and in the last game showed fight by coming back with five unanswered runs.

Both these team are struggling offensively and Jays will need good starts from their pitchers to win this series unless the bats suddenly show some life.

Jays are still in fourth place in the AL East despite having won seven of their last 10 games. They are averaging 3.78 runs per game, only just barely ahead of Kansas 3.77 for fewest in the American League.
Greinke 5-1 with a 2.18 ERA is an excellent pitcher and could cause Toronto trouble tonight. In his last start against Toronto he allowed only one run and five hits in seven innings.

Halladay is going tonight but is not his overpowering self at all in his last few starts. Lack of runs has not helped him but he has not been the Cy Young of previous seasons.

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