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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Toronto 7, Oakland 0
When: 10:05 PM ET, Thursday, August 18, 2011
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 59°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 12220

Ricky Romero pitched a three-hit shutout to win his fifth straight start as the Toronto Blue Jays cruised to a 7-0 victory over the host Oakland Athletics on Thursday.

Colby Rasmus had three hits and a homer as Toronto went deep for the 12th straight game and won for the fifth time in six contests.

Romero (12-9) struck out six and walked two while pitching his second shutout of the season and third career. Romero has allowed just four runs and 14 hits during his five-game winning streak.

Rasmus followed Edwin Encarnacion’s run-scoring single with a two-run homer in the fourth as Toronto took a 4-0 lead.

J.P. Arencibia hit a two-run single in the sixth as the Blue Jays increased their lead to seven.

Brett Lawrie and Adam Lind also had run-scoring singles for Toronto.

Oakland starter Trevor Cahill (9-12) lost for the seventh time in eight decisions. He gave up seven runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto   Oakland
Ricky Romero Player Trevor Cahill
Win W/L Loss
9.0 IP 5.1
6 Strikeouts 2
3 Hits 9
0.00 ERA 11.81
Hitting
Toronto   Oakland
Colby Rasmus Player Scott Sizemore
3 Hits 1
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
7 TB 1
.750 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Toronto 11 1 17 .297 15 7 7 3 0 1
Oakland 3 0 4 .097 15 6 0 2 0 1