Can the Toronto Blue Jays go from a slide to a sweep?
The Jays will try, as they wrap up a two-game series against the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
Consecutive wins would send the Jays heading in the right direction after the team broke a five-game slide by winning 7-3 Monday against the Bosox.
Aaron Hill went 4-5 including a two-run homer and three runs scored, while Frank Thomas blasted his 490th career homer.
Vernon Wells also had success Monday as he hit twice and scored three times.
It's a sign that the Jays' bats are starting to produce again, so starting pitcher Roy (Doc) Halladay should receive some offensive support Tuesday.
"We were due for that," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "We can hit. It was just a matter of time.
Hopefully, we can bounce back [Tuesday] and keep that rolling and get a little momentum. We've got the right guy on the mound."
Halladay (2-0, 2.
37 ERA) will take the mound for Toronto and the ace will try again to help secure a win for his club and keep his losses at zero.
The Jays right-hander faced Boston just last Thursday and had a successful outing, pitching 7 1/3 innings and only allowing two runs on six hits with two strikeouts.
He left in the eighth inning with a two-run lead for his club, however the bullpen wasn't able to get the win for Halladay, giving up four runs and losing 5-3, resulting in a no-decision for the right-hander.
The Toronto ace in his career against the Red Sox is 8-7 with a 4.51 ERA in 28 outings and is 3-4 with a 4.81 ERA at Fenway Park.
Boston will counter with Julian Tavares (0-1, 6.75 ERA), who is still looking for his first win after receiving a no-decision pitching against Toronto last Thursday.
He entered that game on 11 days rest and looked relatively sharp.
Tuesday will be the right-hander's first start at Fenway this season.
The Jays continue their road trip Wednesday with game 1 of a two-game stint against the New York Yankees.
The Blue Jays will start right-hander A.
J. Burnett (1-1, 5.57 ERA) while Andy Pettitte (1-0, 1.
85 ERA) gets the call for the Yankees.
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