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- Updated: May 14, 2016
ARLINGTON — Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey shut down the Rangers for eight innings and earned his second win of the season in a 5-0 victory on Friday night. The Blue Jays have won four straight games against the Rangers this month.
Dickey, facing the team that drafted and signed him 20 years ago, won a tight pitching duel against Rangers left-hander Martin Perez. Dickey allowed three hits and a walk while striking out six.
The game was scoreless until the Blue Jays manufactured an unearned run in the sixth off of Perez. He ended up going 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits, three walks and three strikeouts. The Rangers’ offense has averaged 2.28 runs per nine innings when Perez is on the mound this season.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Doing it with the long ball: Toronto’s offense struggled early but sprung to life in eighth inning with a pair of home runs. Edwin Encarnacion got things started with a solo shot to left field off …
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