Tue, May 11

Hurray for Hentgen
Another great game by a Blue Jays starter propelled Toronto to its 6th straight win and to within 5 games of the Red Sox who fell to Cleveland 10-6 on Monday. Hentgen was absolutely masterful during his 6 and 1/3 innings, with the Royals getting very few good swings and most outs coming on lazy flyballs and easy groundouts. He showed his age a bit in the 7th as he wore down and became winded, but Nakamura came in and cleaned up to end the Royals threat.

With Halladay up tomorrow and Lilly on Wednesday, they Jays have a very good chance to stretch this win streak to 8 and really make a push back to .500 and up in the East standings. They have a huge series against Boston starting on Thursday when Bautista faces Schilling too kick off a 4 game set. They must at the very least take 3 of 4 from Boston to stay in this race. I know it is still early but losing even 3 or worse, getting swept will be a severe blow to their season.
11 May 2004 by Rivux