McGowan, Blue Jays top Devil Rays

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09/08/2007 - St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dustin McGowan hurled eight innings and struck out a career-high twelve as the Toronto Blue Jays took the first game of a weekend series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7-2, at Tropicana Field.

McGowan (10-8) allowed just two earned runs on four hits, walking just one, before being lifted for Jason Frasor, who tossed a perfect ninth.

Matt Stairs went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI, Gregg Zaun launched a three-run homer, and Aaron Hill and John McDonald each scored twice for the Jays, who have now won five of seven and move to a season-high four games over .500

Edwin Jackson (4-14) was victimized by two big innings, lasting 5 2/3 innings in the losing effort for the Rays, surrendering seven earned runs on seven hits while striking out six and walking three.

Akinori Iwamura and Carl Crawford each scratched out a single and scored a run for Tampa Bay, which managed just four hits on the night.

The Devil Rays have lost two of three.

Toronto broke a scoreless tie in the fifth on McDonald's two-out RBI single to left, scoring Hill. Vernon Wells then grounded a 3-2 pitch from Jackson up the middle to score Zaun, who had walked, and Stairs followed with a single to right to plate McDonald, giving Toronto a 3-0 edge.

In the sixth, Troy Glaus worked a one-out walk, and two batters later Hill singled to left. Zaun then blasted his ninth home run of the season to extend the lead to 6-0. After a double by McDonald, Jackson was removed from the game in favor of Scott Dohmann. Dohmann then walked Wells and allowed a single to Stairs, scoring McDonald.

Tampa Bay got a pair back in the bottom half of the sixth. Iwamura led off with a single, then moved to third on Crawford's base hit through the middle. After Crawford stole second, McGowan uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Iwamura to come home. After McGowan got Carlos Pena on strikes, B.J. Upton scored Crawford with a sacrifice fly to right.

Game Notes

McGowan struck out the side only once, in the seventh, but allowed just five baserunners across his eight innings; his previous career-high for strikeouts in a game was seven, and he becomes the third Blue Jays starter to record 10 wins this season...Toronto's Frank Thomas saw a season- high 15-game hit streak come to an end, going 0-for-4...Crawford stole his team-leading 48th base...Every Tampa Bay starter struck out at least once, but none more than twice...Tampa Bay's two runs are their fewest scored in a game since August 23.

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