Blue Jays show they can win with speed
Posted May 24, 2014 4:44 pm.
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R.A. Dickey arguably turned in his best start of the season Saturday, holding the Athletics to just two runs over 8.1 innings as the Blue Jays beat the American League West leading Oakland Athletics for the second consecutive day. The knuckleballer’s outing was big for a team that’s had to rely on its bullpen extensively throughout the first 50 games of the season.
Meanwhile, a Blue Jays lineup that leads MLB in home runs relied on speed rather than power to back Dickey on its way to a 5-2 victory. Leadoff hitter Jose Reyes and No. 9 hitter Anthony Gose combined to score four of the Blue Jays’ five runs in front of 29,372 fans as the Rogers Centre dome opened for the first time this season.
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