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TORONTO (AP) -- Tim Hudson owns the Toronto Blue Jays.
Hudson won his 15th game and his third against Toronto this
season as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Blue Jays 4-3 Sunday.
|  | | Tim Hudson followed up a one-hit shutout of the White Sox in his last start with a solid outing vs. the Blue Jays. Hudson is 15-6. |
"My style of pitching goes with their style of hitting,"
Hudson said. "I like aggressive hitters."
The 25 year-old right-hander is 3-0 with a 2.20 ERA against the
Blue Jays this season and 4-0 in his career.
"It looked like he read our mind," said Tony Batista, who went
0-for-4.
Hudson (15-6), who pitched a one-hit shutout against Chicago in
his last start, allowed three runs -- two earned -- and seven hits in
7 2/3 innings. He walked none and struck out five.
"He shut us down," Dave Martinez said. "He had good control
of all his pitches, and he kept the ball down."
Terrence Long, Miguel Tejada and Jason Giambi each hit solo
homers for the Athletics, who have won two straight after losing
their previous three.
Down 4-1 with two outs in the eighth, Toronto's Alex Gonzalez
singled and Martinez lined a double into the gap in right-center,
but Long barehanded the ball and attempted a lateral throw to
right-fielder Matt Stairs, who wasn't able to catch the errant
throw. As the ball rolled in right field, Gonzalez and Martinez
scored on Long's two-base error.
"If it works everything is fine, but it didn't work," Long
said. "I've done it before. I just got caught up in the game."
Oakland manager Art Howe has seen it work before, but he won't
again.
"That play will be removed from his repertoire," Howe said.
Jim Mecir got two outs for his fourth save.
"They've pitched us tough the last couple of days," Toronto's
Carlos Delgado said. "We'll have to come back tomorrow and tie the
series. It will be an important game."
After Randy Velarde doubled in the third, Giambi hit an infield
single to Toronto starter Esteban Loaiza (8-10), who threw wildly
to third, allowing Velarde to score an unearned run.
Toronto scored in the third when Delgado doubled, advanced to
third on a grounder and scored on Batista's RBI grounder.
"We need to play like that to defeat Hudson," Batista said.
Long homered in the fifth. Tejada homered in the seventh, his
23rd, and Giambi homered in the eighth, his 30th.
Down 2-1 in the sixth, Martinez and Delgado hit
consecutive one-out singles, but Brad Fullmer hit into a double
play to end the threat.
Loaiza gave up four runs -- three earned -- and eight hits in
eight innings.
Game notes
David Wells, who left his last start with tendinitis in his
left shoulder, will make his scheduled start Monday. ... Attendance
was 24,156. ... The Blue Jays, who failed to homer for the third
straight game, are one homer short of setting a new club record. ..
Oakland has won eight of their last nine at SkyDome.
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