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Published - Friday, September 05, 2008
Litsch handcuffs Twins as Jays complete sweep
TORONTO (AP) — Jesse Litsch threw a four-hit shutout and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of Minnesota with a 9-0 victory over the Twins on Thursday night.
Litsch (10-8) walked two and struck out three and is 2-1 with a 0.94 ERA in four starts since being recalled from Triple-A on Aug. 14.
Travis Snider hit his first career home run and went 3-for-4 with two RBI to help Toronto beat Minnesota for the ninth straight meeting. He also walked and scored twice while Joe Inglett and Alex Rios each drove in a pair as Toronto broke it open with a five-run eighth inning.
Vernon Wells also homered for Toronto.
Minnesota wrapped up a season-long 14-game road trip at 5-9 and fell 1½ games behind idle Chicago in the AL Central. The Twins have lost nine of 12.
Snider, 20, had his first career multi-hit game Wednesday, going 3-for-5 with three singles. He needed only three at-bats to match that total Thursday, singling in the second, homering to begin the fifth and driving in a run with an RBI single in the sixth.Toronto's first-round draft pick in 2006, Snider began the season with Class-A Dunedin, spending just 17 games there before being promoted to Double-A. He reached Triple-A in early August and was called up to Toronto on Aug. 28 .
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