Game time: 7:07 p.m.
TV/Radio: Sportsnet East, Ontario, West & Pacific, 6:30 p.m. ET. Sportsnet 590 The Fan.
Starters: Aaron Laffey (3-3, 4.72 ERA) vs. Francisco Liriano (3-10, 5.35 ERA).
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Blue Jays lineup: 1. Davis, LF | 2. Rasmus, DH | 3. Encarnacion, 1B | 4. Escobar, SS | 5. Sierra, RF | 6. Johnson, 2B | 7. Mathis, C | 8. McCoy, CF | 9. Hechavarria, 3B
The game: Toronto’s Aaron Laffey takes the mound on Thursday with hopes of rebounding after he allowed five runs – four in the fourth – and four walks over 5 2-3 innings of a 5-2 home loss to New York on Saturday.
“It’s one of those games where you kind of beat your head against the wall,” said Laffey, 1-2 with an 8.18 ERA in his last four starts. “You pitched real well pretty much the entire game and have one inning wreck the whole outing.”
The left-hander dropped to 2-4 with a 4.03 ERA in six starts against the White Sox when he gave up four runs in six innings of a 4-2 loss July 6.
Chicago slugger Adam Dunn, however, is 0 for 5 with four strikeouts against Laffey.
Yet to factor in a decision for his new team, White Sox pitcher Francisco Liriano looks to bounce back from a rough outing when he makes his fourth start since being traded to Chicago. The former Minnesota left-hander allowed three runs and eight hits in 11 innings over his first two outings with Chicago, but gave up six runs, seven hits and three walks in 3 1-3 innings of a 9-7 loss to Oakland on Saturday.
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