Matt Stairs hit a grand slam and Roy Halladay rebounded from a shaky start to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Wednesday night. Stairs' slam in the first inning gave the right-hander a 4-0 advantage. The Twins answered back as Justin Morneau hit his seventh home run of the season in the bottom of the first to make it 4-2 and Jason Kubel added an RBI double to make it 4-3. Michael Cuddyer's RBI groundout tied it in the third. Toronto regained the lead on Brad Wilkerson's RBI single in the fourth off Boof Bonser (2-5). Halladay pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs and nine hits. He struck out eight. (Updated 05/15/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/18/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Halladay (4-5) has been the victim of poor run support all season, getting only 3.14 runs per outing entering Wednesday. He got run support early, but since he didn't know what to do with it, he looked lost on the mound. He recovered and still managed to win for the second time in three starts. Halladay has allowed four runs in each of his last two outings, but it is nothing to fret about. The right-hander is still Cy Young material and a must-start Fantasy SP. His next scheduled start is for Tuesday against the Angels. He is on track to be a two-start pitcher Fantasy Week 8 (May 19-25) with his second start coming against the Royals. Both starts are at home where he is 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA. (Updated 05/15/2008).
Halladay gave up four runs and six hits in the visiting Blue Jays' 6-1 loss to Cleveland on Friday. (Updated 05/10/2008)
Advice
Halladay lost for the fourth time in five starts and fell to 5-1 in his career against Cleveland. The right-hander had a season-high nine strikeouts, but they came in his shortest outing. He had pitched at least seven innings in all seven of his starts. Halladay is just 3-5 with a 3.29 ERA this season.
Matt Stairs hit a grand slam and Roy Halladay rebounded from a shaky start to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Wednesday night. Stairs' slam in the first inning gave the right-hander a 4-0 advantage. The Twins answered back as Justin Morneau hit his seventh home run of the season in the bottom of the first to make it 4-2 and Jason Kubel added an RBI double to make it 4-3. Michael Cuddyer's RBI groundout tied it in the third. Toronto regained the lead on Brad Wilkerson's RBI single in the fourth off Boof Bonser (2-5). Halladay pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs and nine hits. He struck out eight. (Updated 05/15/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/18/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Halladay (4-5) has been the victim of poor run support all season, getting only 3.14 runs per outing entering Wednesday. He got run support early, but since he didn't know what to do with it, he looked lost on the mound. He recovered and still managed to win for the second time in three starts. Halladay has allowed four runs in each of his last two outings, but it is nothing to fret about. The right-hander is still Cy Young material and a must-start Fantasy SP. His next scheduled start is for Tuesday against the Angels. He is on track to be a two-start pitcher Fantasy Week 8 (May 19-25) with his second start coming against the Royals. Both starts are at home where he is 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA. (Updated 05/15/2008).
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