| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, June 16th, 2010: McGowan Spins Shutout
In an excellent mound performance, Dustin McGowan of the Toronto Blue Jays whitewashed the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 on a 2-hitter.
He said after the game, "I had my best stuff and did a good job of mixing up my pitches."
The Milwaukee manager said, "We just didn't swing the bats well today. McGowan did a good job keeping us guessing."
In all, the Toronto hurler rang up 16 strikeouts and 1 walk in the shutout win.
So far in 2010 McGowan has compiled a 9-3 record with a 2.66 ERA.
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 | Saturday, June 12th, 2010: Blue Jays Win, Shut Out Cardinals
Bob Keppel of the Toronto Blue Jays was masterful today, pitching a 4-hit 8-0 shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals and giving his bullpen a rest by going the the distance.
According to his manager, "He had command of every ball and every pitch . . . great location, too." Keppel had 16 strikeouts and issued no walks in an impressive outing.
This year Keppel has worked 98.2 innings with 120 strikeouts en route to a 7-6 record and 3.92 ERA.
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 | Saturday, May 29th, 2010: Toronto and Philadelphia Agree to Trade
The Toronto Blue Jays have parted ways with 29-year old right fielder Reggie Abercrombie, 21-year old minor league shortstop Kevin Ahrens, 20-year old minor league starting pitcher Jacob Odorizzi, 35-year old starting pitcher Luis Estrella, 24-year old minor league left fielder Alex Presley and 23-year old minor league right fielder Scott Van Slyke, sending him to the Philadelphia Phillies for 33-year old starting pitcher Randy Wolf and 26-year old shortstop Jonathan Fulton. The Blue Jays general manager confirmed the deal in an announcement this morning.
This year Estrella has worked 16.2 innings with 20 strikeouts en route to a 0-2 record and a 9.72 ERA.
So far this year Wolf has made 11 starts, tossed 67.2 innings, struck out 58 batters and walked 21. His record is 4-8 with a 4.66 ERA and he has limited opposing teams to a .277 batting average.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 41-32, .562 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 25-11, .694 PCT | | Record on the road | 16-21, .432 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 3-2, .600 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 14-7, .667 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 9-11, .450 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 32-21, .604 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 15-12, .556 PCT | | Record in May | 17-10, .630 PCT | | Record in June | 9-10, .474 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .279 - 8th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .339 - 9th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .423 - 5th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .762 - 9th in AL | | Runs Scored | 335 - 10th in AL | | Hits | 703 - 7th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 211 - 6th in AL | | Home Runs | 70 - 3rd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 235 - 8th in AL | | Strikeouts | 656 - 10th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 69 - 9th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.86 - 4th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.11 - 5th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.06 - 2nd in AL | | Runs allowed | 309 - 4th in AL | | Hits allowed | 653 - tied for 5th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .258 - 3rd in AL | | BABIP | .335 - 3rd in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 61 - tied for 7th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 192 - 2nd in AL | | Strikeouts | 700 - 2nd in AL |
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