Rays Look to Carry Momentum into Canada, Texas

The Rays won five of six last week, returned to full strength with Kazmir, Bartlett, Burrell, Bradford, and Shouse getting off of the DL. They look to continue their hot streaks when they head north to face Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays. It will be Halladay's first start since coming off the of the DL, but I would not suspect to to see any weakness from front-runner for the Cy Young. He faces a rookie, Jeff Niemann, who has pitched well of late but is still a rookie. This series in general is filled with great pitching matchups as Matt Garza takes on Scott Richmond and James Shields goes against up and coming pitcher Ricky Romero. Halladay has practically been untouchable this year with a 10-1 record and a 2.53 ERA. The two outings before he got hurt in the Florida game were both complete games. Scary. Not to mention he has only allowed 14 runs in his last nine starts. His ERA is much higher at home, a 3.00 vs. only a 1.88 on the ... (link)