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Jays Top ChiSox, Earn 4-game Sweep

Posted May 5, 08 11:20 PM CDT in Sports    Most Covered

(Newser) – Dustin McGowan outpitched Javier Vazquez in an entertaining duel, and Matt Stairs homered to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the slumping Chicago White Sox 1-0 Monday night for a four-game sweep. Blue Jays closer B.J. Ryan walked the bases loaded in the ninth inning but got Pablo Ozuna to ground into a 1-2-3 double play to end the game, earning his fifth save.

It was Toronto's first four-game sweep since May 2003 against the New York Yankees. McGowan (2-2) gave up four hits in 7 1-3 innings to win for the first time in three starts. He walked none and struck out six. Stairs hit a leadoff homer in the seventh off Vazquez (3-3), who struck out nine while throwing 120 pitches in 7 2-3 innings.

Source Associated Press

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Chicago White Sox second baseman Juan Uribe breaks a bat during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Monday, May 5, 2008.   (AP Photo/ The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher B.J. Ryan, right, and catcher Gregg Zaun celebrate the Jays 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox in baseball game in Toronto on Monday, May 5, 2008.   (AP Photo/ The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Javier Vazquez reacts before being pulled from the game during eighth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Monday, May 5, 2008.   (AP Photo/ The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
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